If tonight is heavy, call Tele-MANAS 14416, free, 24 hours. Emergency 112. Free legal aid: your District Legal Services Authority, see how.

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Legal aid and care

“I cannot afford a lawyer. I cannot cope.”

How can you get free legal aid in India if you cannot afford a lawyer?

In short. Free legal aid is a right, through your District Legal Services Authority. Tele-Law gives free advice by video. Tele-MANAS is free, open 24 hours, in more than twenty languages, on 14416.

General information, not advice on your case. Please speak to your own lawyer, or to your District Legal Services Authority, about your case.

Last updated 17 October 2026.

The door, step by step

  1. Free legal aid is a right, through your District Legal Services Authority.Section 12 Legal Services Authorities Act 1987: who gets free legal aid
  2. Tele-Law gives free advice by video.
  3. Tele-MANAS is free, open 24 hours, in more than twenty languages, on 14416.
What backs it up. The Constitution says the State must give free legal aid so no one is denied justice because of poverty. The law also gives a right to mental health care.Article 39A, Constitution of India. Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, Sections 18 and 115. Read the source

Tele-MANAS 14416 (free, 24 hours). Emergency 112. Cybercrime 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in. Free legal aid: your District Legal Services Authority, nalsa.gov.in. Free advice by video: tele-law.in

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