Assistant Professor, Motilal Nehru Law College, S.V. College Campus, Relief Road, Ahmedabad
Online published on 12 July, 2019.
This paper deals with the concept of legal aid. Legal aid has a close relationship with the welfare state, and the provision of legal aid by a state is influenced by attitudes towards welfare. Legal aid is a welfare provision by the state to people who could otherwise not afford counsel from the legal system. Legal aid also helps to ensure that welfare provisions are enforced by providing people entitled to welfare provisions, such as social housing, with access to legal advice and the courts. The purpose of this paper is to create the awareness of legal aid. People are not aware of rights and protection available under the law.
