Article 8 - Insertion of new Article 39-A - Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976

Insertion of new Article 39-A . 8. After Article 39 of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted , namely: Equal justice and free legal aid. 39-A. The State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and shall, in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities. . **************** NOTES:- 1. Shall come into force, w.e.f. 3rd day of January 1977 vide G.S.R. 2(E), dated 3-1-1977.