Legal aid support to victims of social and economic issues

Legal Aid Support

Legal aid support to victims of social and economic issues is one of the Hindrise Social Welfare Foundation's core working areas. In our country, underprivileged people residing in marginalized regions of societies find it difficult to get access to justice. In most of the cases, people belonging to poverty-stricken areas don't hold enough courage in their heart to take the help of court and call for legal assistance as well.

Hindrise Social Welfare Foundation has several associate lawyers across the nation to render assistance on legal grounds. Till now, we have helped many underprivileged lives in winning the sensitive legal battles, and we are planning to help more poverty-stricken families in the future course of time.

What is Legal Aid?

In India, the National Legal Services Authority, together with State Legal Services Authorities, conduct the legal aid programs. Along with framing well-structured policies regarding legal aid support, these agencies abide by the law to increase the awareness about legal aspects and boost the legal literacy by conducting awareness camps with the support of NGOs and local bodies. They are also responsible for organizing People's Tribunal or Lok Adalat in order to encourage the dispute settlement via conciliation, arbitration, and out-of-court negotiations.

The central government renders funds to the National Legal Services Authority in order to run these legal aid programs. Money gets disbursed to the state authorities, along with their numerous agencies every year. The disbursement of the National Authority's rose from Rs 17 crore to Rs 110 crore. In the session 2009-10, the disbursement amount was Rs 17 crore, while in the session 2016-17, it became Rs 110 crore.

₹200 crore was allocated as grants-in-aid for the financial year 2025-26, with ₹144.65 crore utilized by NALSA up to December 2025.

All members of SCs and STs, children, women, industrial workers, victims of natural disasters and human trafficking, mentally unhealthy or disabled ones, and people living under reduced circumstances must get the benefits through free legal aid support.

Even though complaints of domestic violence are too common in semi-urban areas or rural areas and women have to face the ruthlessness shown by the men in male-dominating society, women from backward societies face difficulties in getting lawyers on board and if they get the lawyers, winning the battle against all the odds becomes a notable challenge for them.

Disheartening Statistics that Demand Attention

The 'Crime in India 2018' report via NCRB (Expanded as National Crime Reports Bureau) revealed that in the year 2017, the number of rape cases recorded was 32,599, and in the year 2018, it rose to 33,356. In 2019, the reported rape cases were 32,033. After that, In 2020, there were 28,046 rape cases. In 2021, there were 31, 677 rape cases. In 2022, it was 30,948 and in 2023, it was recorded as 31,204 rape cases.

One woman is raped, reportedly, every 16 to 20 minutes in India.
Only 27.2% is the conviction rate for rape cases.
The most common form of spousal violence is physical violence.
As per one of the surveys, 27% of women have undergone physical violence since the age of 15 in India.
Every third woman in India faces sexual and physical violence at home.
Sadly, India is one of the 36 countries where marital rape is not considered a criminal offence. In India, around 80% of children less than 14 years of age involved in child labour are based in rural regions.

How Hindrise Foundation is making Justice a Reality through its Legal Aid Support?

Hindrise Social Welfare Foundation is devoted to the cause of safeguarding the interest of the public, spreading legal education, and taking up the purposes of general public concern for legal redressal. Furthermore, our organization for social welfare in India is assisting the poverty-stricken, justice-deprived, helpless, and disabled individuals by protecting their rights along with generating awareness among people about various issues.

The legal aid support functions operated by Hindrise Social Welfare Foundation are preventive, activist, remedial, as well as reformative. Our organization is continually available to render assistance to those less privileged individuals who can't afford legal representation and access to the judiciary system on their own. We believe that the right to a fair trial is essential for one and all. As a humanitarian foundation, we are doing our bit to ensure that the roots of child labor, domestic violence, and other social evils would get eradicated from the Indian soil by making people aware of their legal rights and powers.