Legal Aid

1. Legal Aid should also be available to prisoners against the prison authorities.
[Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration (1978) 4 SCC 409]

2. Right to Free Legal Aid is the duty of the government and is an inalienable element of
fair procedure.
[M.H.Hoscot v. State of Maharashtra (1978)3 SCC  544]
3. Legal aid may be treated as a part of Right to Life under Article and also Right to
Equality before Law under Article 14.
[Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar 1980 SCC (1) 98]

4. Magistrates and Sessions Judges must inform the accused of their Right to Legal Aid.
[Khatri and Others v. State of Bihar and Others 1981 SCC (1) 627]

5. One of the principal items of the programme of the Legal Aid Movement in the
country to promote literacy.
[Suk Das v. Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh 1986 SCC (2) 401]