The concept of democracy is rest upon the free enjoyment of rights and free access to justice. Dispensation of justice to all irrespective of one's social and economic status is the true test of Government as well as rule of law. It is necessary to prevailed rule of law for a peaceful and prospering society, not rule of some individuals. Law its underscores is useless a futile exercise of legislative power, unless actively effective and it is the machinery of justice that gives life to the law and makes it actively effective. The vital problem of Indian legal system is that the, vulnerable and weaker section of society cannot afford the cost of litigation and denied equal access to justice. The duty of State is to ensure equality before law and a legal system which promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity to all. The right to have free legal aid is an integral part of just, fair and reasonable opportunity and procedure for person being tried for an offence. Therefore, access to justice to the poor is a command of humanitarian law and it should be transformed into a reality from a pledge and promise and should not be allowable to remain a teasing and elusive illusion.
Vulnerable, Teasing, Elusive, Illusion
