VIDHIGYA: The Journal of Legal Awareness

When it comes to the violation of a human right of a person, there are numerous remedies, which are provided under the Constitution of India (for short, Constitution) and the various other Statutory enactments, to provide the requisite relief to the aggrieved party. However, mere incorporation of the remedy in the letters of the Legal Statutes is not enough; it is also to be ensured that an effective, smooth and incorporative mechanism is also provided for availing such remedies, that is, it is to be seen that the procedure for availing the remedies is not so cumbersome and costly that the downtrodden and poor sections of the society are unable to avail the same. One of the popular oft-quoted talismans of Mahatma Gandhi, our founding Father of the Nation is that “the efficiency and utility of any scheme can be tested on the touchstone of a poor person only”. This talisman is, in fact, the basic theme around which my research article dwells. In this research, I will be analyzing the effectiveness and efficiency of the various remedies, which have been provided in the Legal Framework of our Country, concerning the poor and downtrodden sections of our society.