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Yamuna Nagar 01732-220840 01250-223890 Any citizen of India whose annual income from all sources does not exceed Rs.3,00,000/- or such higher amount as may be notified by the State Government from time to time, shall be entitled to legal services under clause (h) of Section 12 of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. The State Legal Services Authority, High Court Legal Services Committee, District Legal Services Authority and the Sub-Divisional Legal Services Committee, as the case may be, may grant legal services to any other person irrespective of his income:- Ø To a member of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or Backward Classes; Ø To a victim of trafficking in human beings or beggar as referred in Article 23 of the Constitution; Ø To a woman; Ø To a child, i.e. person who has not attained the age of 18 years or if he is under the guardianship under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 the age of 21 years; Ø To a person with disability as defined in clause (i) of Section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996); Ø To a person, under circumstances of undeserved want such as being victim of a mass disaster, ethnic violence, caste atrocity, flood, drought, earthquake or industrial disaster; or Ø To an industrial workman; or Ø To a person in custody, including custody in a protective home within the meaning of clause (g) of Section 2 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956(104 of 1956), or “Children's Home, Observation Home, Shelter Home and Special Home within the meaning of clause (e), (o), (u) and (v) respectively of section 2 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000(56 of 2000).” Ø To a person in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home within the meaning of clause (q) of Section 2 of the Mental Health Act, 1987; or Ø In a test case, the decision of which is likely to affect cases of numerous other persons belonging to the poor and weaker sections of the society; or Ø To a person, in a special case, which for reasons to be recorded in writing is considered otherwise deserving of legal service where the means test is not satisfied; or Ø To a person in the case where the High Court or the Supreme Court provides legal service under any order in that case legal service would be deemed to have been provided by the Authority/Committee in relaxation of all the conditions laid down in this rule; or Ø To a person in case of public interest litigation. Ø To an ex-serviceman, and the families of such persons who have died in action; or Ø To riot victims, and the families of such persons as well as terrorist victims and families of such persons; or Ø To freedom fighters; or Ø Transgender people; or Ø Senior Citizen that is person who is citizen of India and has attained the age of 60 years or above. Ø HIV positive persons or AIDS patients. “WHOM TO CONTACT TO GET FREE LEGAL SERVICES" At State/High Court Level: Member Secretary, Haryana State Legal Services Authority, Plot No.9, Sector-14, Panchkula or Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh At District Level : Chairman/Secretary, District Legal Services Authority or any Legal Aid Clinic or Front Office of District Legal Services Authority. At Sub-Divisional Level : Chairman, Sub-Divisional Legal Services Committee or any Legal Aid Clinic or Front Office of Sub-Divisional Legal Services Committee. HARYANA STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY, PANCHKULA "WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET FREE LEGAL SERVICES" PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO THE DOWN TRODDEN POOR AND WEAKER SECTIONS OF SOCIETY.