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05 FEB 2026 1:07PM by PIB Delhi
BENEFICIARIES UNDER LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITIES ACT

State/UT and category-wise details of number of persons who got benefitted through free legal services under the Legal Services Authorities Act during the last five financial years i.e. 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 (upto November, 2025) are at Annexure-A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5 respectively.

                         

Annexure - A1

Statement showing the number of persons benefitted through Legal Services provided under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 during the year 2021-2022.

S.No.

Name of the State/UT Authority

Categories of Persons availing Legal Aid

Total

SC

ST

Women

Children

In Custody

Persons with Disability

Industrial Workmen

Transgender

Victim of Trafficking in Human beings or Begar

Victims of Mass Disaster Violence, Flood, Draught, Earthquake and Industrial Disaster

General (whose annual income does not exceed the prescibed limit)

Others

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0

0

22

0

22

0

7

0

0

0

2

26

79

2

Andhra Pradesh

133

43

725

26

1,692

14

1

1

3

0

684

3,049

6,371

3

Arunachal Pradesh

242

821

740

114

676

0

0

0

1

10

28

25

2,657

4

Assam

7,822

14,017

10,352

2,478

6,761

2,033

1,961

0

71

7,359

23,381

34,019

1,10,254

5

Bihar

15,335

517

18,372

7,525

30,190

584

500

68

0

4,018

63,666

15,48,383

16,89,158

6

Chandigarh

17

0

744

131

473

8

0

0

0

0

326

82

1,781

7

Chhattisgarh

3,753

8,459

6,821

663

9,309

18

177

0

0

256

4,902

8,036

42,394

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1

2

12

0

8

0

1

0

0

0

0

3

27

Daman & Diu

1

0

13

0

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

17

9

Delhi

723

7

16,496

2,857

28,435

92

428

1

1

0

7,366

22,649

79,055

10

Goa

3

3

495

4

219

48

18

0

0

0

309

2

1,101

11

Gujarat

1,354

773

6,074

259

6,720

221

69

0

1

0

3,755

2,727

21,953

12

Haryana

730

0

5,516

206

12,789

53

8

4

0

0

2,420

1,534

23,260

13

Himachal Pradesh

351

69

2,510

63

387

49

57

1

0

3

772

544

4,806

14

Jammu & Kashmir

211

331

2,474

119

503

664

236

15

0

12

2,100

2,205

8,870

15

Jharkhand

15,346

28,628

63,113

11,570

11,039

1,154

6,281

110

5,000

2,375

46,194

4,58,671

6,49,481

16

Karnataka

5,835

5,767

5,975

315

3,313

84

34

6

0

0

1,200

10,265

32,794

17

Kerala

1,037

253

7,261

643

3,681

116

59

13

4

15

3,130

683

16,895

18

Ladakh

48

1,479

325

43

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

513

2,408

19

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

20

Madhya Pradesh

8,19,053

10,96,264

3,16,946

1,37,320

55,307

291

29

10

0

508

4,80,489

4,37,583

33,43,800

21

Maharashtra

1,656

785

9,366

359

4,507

108

21

2

5

25

4,105

1,656

22,595

22

Manipur

1,558

7,212

6,648

1,174

556

195

118

20

43

2,622

1,201

1,304

22,651

23

Meghalaya

21

698

447

204

777

15

0

67

5

2

59

51

2,346

24

Mizoram

104

1,700

414

43

832

0

0

0

0

0

17

91

3,201

25

Nagaland

471

3,934

1,763

649

352

163

0

0

0

6

396

16

7,750

26

Odisha

1,187

1,095

2,299

23

2,293

138

12

16

3

0

1,127

656

8,849

27

Puducherry

30

3

161

135

343

0

0

130

0

0

61

21

884

28

Punjab

2,429

7

8,184

254

14,717

236

41

1

0

0

5,976

4,559

36,404

29

Rajasthan

144

51

897

5,070

6,770

13

0

0

0

0

472

416

13,833

30

Sikkim

29

100

425

26

280

1

0

0

0

0

67

58

986

31

Tamil Nadu

1,281

299

7,279

270

12,183

124

35

42

1

40

5,887

10,740

38,181

32

Telangana

89

33

1,244

46

1,997

2

0

0

0

0

1,426

1,875

6,712

33

Tripura

246

154

1,490

36

228

3

0

0

0

0

390

124

2,671

34

Uttar Pradesh

5,983

6

27,452

98

8,110

91

169

0

3

3

4,675

86,039

1,32,629

35

Uttarakhand

142

22

1,060

37

1,845

25

12

0

0

38

471

123

3,775

36

West Bengal

2,066

693

7,093

1,128

9,349

212

45

13

15

2

7,933

466

29,015

 

Total

8,89,431

11,74,225

5,41,208

1,73,888

2,36,665

6,755

10,320

520

5,156

17,294

6,74,987

26,39,194

63,69,643

 

 

 

Annexure - A2

 

Statement showing the number of persons benefitted through Legal Services provided under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 during the year 2022-2023

S.No.

Name of the State/UT Authority

Categories of Persons availing Legal Aid

Total

SC

ST

Women

Children

In custody

Persons with Disability

Industrial Workmen

Transgender

Victim of Trafficking in Human beings or Begar

Victims of Mass Disaster Violence, Flood, Draught, Earthquake and Industrial Disaster

General (whose annual income does not exceed the prescibed limit)

Others

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

1

0

45

0

26

1

1

0

0

0

2

58

134

2

Andhra Pradesh

253

87

1,241

89

1,989

29

1

4

339

0

1,429

4,012

9,473

3

Arunachal Pradesh

536

1,923

1,431

13

1,582

3

0

0

3

0

43

25

5,559

4

Assam

1,250

2,310

4,733

720

9,556

405

998

2

27

555

2,965

14,814

38,335

5

Bihar

12,281

1,727

21,011

8,816

37,872

206

119

0

1

660

2,280

1,24,836

2,09,809

6

Chandigarh

12

0

1,135

149

654

16

0

1

0

0

384

302

2,653

7

Chhattisgarh

4,362

8,960

5,959

416

11,693

18

24

2

5

0

5,253

7,414

44,106

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1

0

18

0

4

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

28

Daman & Diu

4

2

9

0

6

0

2

0

0

0

1

0

24

9

Delhi

1,709

40

24,106

568

29,370

246

2,198

5

8

1

12,850

25,332

96,433

10

Goa

9

56

898

7

281

61

4

0

0

0

712

13

2,041

11

Gujarat

2,989

1,625

9,674

498

7,882

67

59

6

2

15

6,651

2,954

32,422

12

Haryana

819

0

6,915

314

30,973

125

3

0

0

0

2,543

1,406

43,098

13

Himachal Pradesh

551

109

3,084

208

650

63

15

1

0

0

877

440

5,998

14

Jammu & Kashmir

571

362

2,630

202

722

324

58

8

0

6

1,186

1,923

7,992

15

Jharkhand

13,529

15,875

24,960

6,567

9,542

440

3,528

46

2

83

657

69,988

1,45,217

16

Karnataka

5,981

3,559

10,291

469

7,102

435

235

17

2

0

2,469

15,103

45,663

17

Kerala

877

277

11,513

1,435

3,961

239

24

9

17

246

3,205

1,615

23,418

18

Ladakh

18

420

180

12

2

14

32

0

0

17

13

3

711

19

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

20

Madhya Pradesh

23,789

17,704

38,843

22,379

53,796

934

979

183

0

108

12,942

20,264

1,91,921

21

Maharashtra

2,602

990

14,798

540

8,573

211

277

2

255

220

5,746

2,449

36,663

22

Manipur

1,300

11,021

8,732

1,908

1,161

246

139

17

0

218

1,290

897

26,929

23

Meghalaya

22

1,250

356

73

916

3

0

3

0

1

83

62

2,769

24

Mizoram

14

2,493

800

0

1,147

0

0

0

109

24

95

356

5,038

25

Nagaland

511

3,736

1,492

551

620

84

0

0

0

0

396

0

7,390

26

Odisha

1,318

1,003

3,081

29

4,165

57

1

31

0

0

1,177

1,018

11,880

27

Puducherry

30

1

216

278

135

9

0

0

0

2

95

22

788

28

Punjab

4,874

42

14,075

354

20,213

330

248

31

15

25

10,286

5,955

56,448

29

Rajasthan

267

117

1,327

7,370

3,528

24

17

2

0

0

738

82

13,472

30

Sikkim

25

110

472

19

376

1

0

0

0

0

98

26

1,127

31

Tamil Nadu

2,533

379

11,878

272

9,501

152

133

31

0

6

7,641

17,044

49,570

32

Telangana

138

51

1,784

247

5,283

0

0

0

0

0

2,394

2,718

12,615

33

Tripura

448

563

2,379

143

344

1

0

0

0

0

784

393

5,055

34

Uttar Pradesh

6,764

2

2,238

935

7,838

6

10

1

0

26

4,377

2,693

24,890

35

Uttarakhand

150

20

1,266

144

2,961

54

10

0

0

0

626

155

5,386

36

West Bengal

3,258

1,742

12,017

1,261

15,545

246

95

41

21

6

14,239

1,243

49,714

 

Total

93,796

78,556

2,45,587

56,986

2,89,969

5,050

9,215

443

806

2,219

1,06,527

3,25,615

12,14,769

 

Annexure - A3

 

Statement showing the number of persons benefitted through Legal Services provided under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 during the year 2023-2024

S.No.

Name of the  State/UT Authority

Categories of Persons availing Legal Aid

Total

SC

ST

Women

Children

In custody

Persons with Disability

Industrial Workmen

Transgender

Victim of Trafficking in Human beings or Begar

Victims of Mass Disaster Violence, Flood, Draught, Earthquake and Industrial Disaster

General (whose annual income does not exceed the prescibed limit)

Others

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0

0

42

0

64

8

0

0

0

0

14

92

220

2

Andhra Pradesh

318

75

983

61

2,220

24

1

1

0

0

1,128

3,454

8,265

3

Arunachal Pradesh

628

2,006

1,453

84

1,440

4

17

0

0

0

41

23

5,696

4

Assam

1,254

3,098

6,168

2,366

17,711

188

1,286

1

2

813

8,922

21,940

63,749

5

Bihar

7,306

1,270

15,307

6,889

34,778

163

429

21

0

549

2,575

82,126

1,51,413

6

Chandigarh

15

0

1,355

238

418

8

0

1

0

0

692

95

2,822

7

Chhattisgarh

6,884

12,701

9,621

544

14,601

10

12

1

5

21

8,489

9,275

62,164

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

2

6

21

0

15

0

11

0

0

0

0

0

55

Daman & Diu

4

2

14

1

7

0

2

0

0

0

4

0

34

9

Delhi

1,705

16

22,631

2,761

24,794

342

1,538

13

912

32,940

12,984

21,246

1,21,882

10

Goa

6

4

790

4

232

38

0

0

0

0

480

4

1,558

11

Gujarat

3,825

2,716

11,560

565

10,184

123

101

0

3

62

7,981

3,449

40,569

12

Haryana

1,568

0

7,818

468

35,367

137

7

3

0

26,611

3,151

1,733

76,863

13

Himachal Pradesh

547

143

3,195

90

725

81

0

8

13

553

897

1,094

7,346

14

Jammu & Kashmir

757

398

4,082

510

1,184

145

1

3

0

32

2,759

1,525

11,396

15

Jharkhand

21,387

27,451

47,687

14,730

19,352

770

5,266

664

34

59

2,534

1,29,369

2,69,303

16

Karnataka

6,751

3,876

11,955

932

8,647

340

314

39

2

0

3,210

17,340

53,406

17

Kerala

2,789

441

15,812

3,899

5,653

225

137

54

85

49

5,822

1,532

36,498

18

Ladakh

29

333

105

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

35

505

19

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

20

Madhya Pradesh

30,163

25,563

41,291

19,955

58,171

1,444

1,110

0

1

5

20,759

27,048

2,25,510

21

Maharashtra

2,298

635

17,566

964

20,687

287

158

52

389

17

5,823

4,880

53,756

22

Manipur

751

8,585

7,621

2,487

282

129

17

26

686

38,304

2,881

866

62,635

23

Meghalaya

27

716

490

68

865

0

0

0

0

3

81

121

2,371

24

Mizoram

4

2,528

537

62

599

218

0

0

0

0

62

791

4,801

25

Nagaland

373

2,342

557

137

628

56

0

0

0

0

510

0

4,603

26

Odisha

1,375

1,073

3,264

39

4,473

6,020

15

100

11

4

1,967

948

19,289

27

Puducherry

26

0

181

256

71

0

1

0

0

0

49

37

621

28

Punjab

5,287

28

13,714

419

24,764

243

101

6

1

447

9,968

5,383

60,361

29

Rajasthan

333

132

1,337

6,274

11,000

19

36

0

0

0

938

221

20,290

30

Sikkim

32

118

553

18

218

2

0

0

0

0

127

6

1,074

31

Tamil Nadu

1,881

782

10,962

178

8,989

135

90

6

11

32

7,186

14,928

45,180

32

Telangana

131

66

2,066

334

4,258

12

0

0

0

0

3,198

3,128

13,193

33

Tripura

795

831

3,732

286

1,115

41

0

38

24

0

1,610

1,492

9,964

34

Uttar Pradesh

2,776

83

2,487

1,654

7,328

231

89

251

0

1

4,964

9,215

29,079

35

Uttarakhand

626

215

2,358

846

14,701

47

49

2

0

32

1,570

893

21,339

36

West Bengal

5,020

2,590

14,423

1,404

18,383

101

111

18

69

7

18,516

1,712

62,354

 

Total

1,07,673

1,00,823

2,83,738

69,526

3,53,924

11,591

10,899

1,308

2,248

1,00,541

1,41,892

3,66,001

15,50,164

 

 

Annexure - A4

 

Statement showing the number of persons benefitted through Legal Services provided under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 during the year 2024-2025.

S.No.

Name of the State/UT Authority

Categories of Persons availing Legal Aid

Total

SC

ST

Women

Children

In custody

Persons with Disability

Industrial Workmen

Transgender

Victim of Trafficking in Human beings or Begar

Victims of Mass Disaster Violence, Flood, Draught, Earthquake and Industrial Disaster

General (whose annual income does not exceed the prescibed limit)

Others

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0

0

120

20

3

1

42

0

0

0

28

127

341

2

Andhra Pradesh

234

47

1,162

107

3,289

8

1

3

0

0

1,437

4,978

11,266

3

Arunachal Pradesh

1,658

3,946

1,979

237

1,330

8

30

2

1

0

33

12

9,236

4

Assam

1,536

6,183

9,000

3,130

25,489

276

1,464

122

2

8

12,126

23,358

82,694

5

Bihar

4,673

1,399

10,374

6,550

31,677

162

585

48

0

618

2,647

25,772

84,505

6

Chandigarh

30

0

1,330

106

780

7

0

0

0

0

667

31

2,951

7

Chhattisgarh

10,815

14,336

12,068

607

21,610

109

0

6

0

4

11,868

9,451

80,874

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1

4

28

0

7

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

45

Daman & Diu

10

10

39

4

24

3

12

1

1

1

14

0

119

9

Delhi

1,652

163

19,060

2,942

18,630

336

955

7

510

0

10,869

21,402

76,526

10

Goa

17

20

892

14

314

15

0

0

0

0

569

48

1,889

11

Gujarat

3,882

8,271

12,828

1,404

10,862

173

83

0

0

8

7,999

4,957

50,467

12

Haryana

1,689

0

7,766

572

66,229

65

7

2

0

0

3,936

1,928

82,194

13

Himachal Pradesh

545

88

3,159

112

703

86

8

1

0

3

835

682

6,222

14

Jammu & Kashmir

1,269

573

5,592

1,730

1,299

705

1

5

1

40

6,159

1,228

18,602

15

Jharkhand

41,537

42,987

72,003

30,572

33,281

3,560

3,703

194

78

173

5,741

94,536

3,28,365

16

Karnataka

6,051

3,329

12,167

790

8,972

254

191

32

9

9

7,659

11,782

51,245

17

Kerala

1,362

724

12,741

2,330

3,473

176

85

31

73

37

3,794

1,745

26,571

18

Ladakh

0

80

192

9

43

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

324

19

Lakshadweep

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

20

Madhya Pradesh

22,764

23,211

35,058

18,240

93,264

669

2,908

0

0

241

15,748

20,906

2,33,009

21

Maharashtra

3,351

1,620

20,167

1,230

20,535

374

240

21

2

36

6,248

5,630

59,454

22

Manipur

346

6,989

7,697

1,504

498

159

48

19

0

78,868

2,433

501

99,062

23

Meghalaya

20

710

544

86

877

1

0

11

6

0

233

266

2,754

24

Mizoram

26

2,145

696

20

676

0

0

0

0

0

0

150

3,713

25

Nagaland

608

2,365

604

432

499

52

0

0

0

0

452

0

5,012

26

Odisha

1,609

1,111

3,957

221

11,536

179

5

40

7

468

2,027

974

22,134

27

Puducherry

31

0

155

240

100

0

0

0

0

0

53

37

616

28

Punjab

5,516

2

14,762

526

33,615

86

38

0

0

0

9,879

1,089

65,513

29

Rajasthan

333

103

1,812

5,755

13,064

27

2

1

0

0

1,109

10

22,216

30

Sikkim

18

118

464

25

167

1

0

0

0

0

103

5

901

31

Tamil Nadu

2,214

357

12,479

323

12,088

201

197

15

0

59

11,110

13,485

52,528

32

Telangana

323

189

2,586

158

5,635

31

0

0

0

0

3,053

4,046

16,021

33

Tripura

829

621

3,348

192

1,588

61

36

115

0

1,460

1,244

809

10,303

34

Uttar Pradesh

1,799

5

2,091

616

6,979

176

32

107

0

0

5,315

5,612

22,732

35

Uttarakhand

1,974

704

4,174

2,332

19,420

204

378

8

47

8

2,922

2,037

34,208

36

West Bengal

10,680

6,029

23,057

4,394

24,398

148

1,722

53

56

124

19,523

2,730

92,914

 

Total

1,29,402

1,28,440

3,16,151

87,530

4,72,954

8,313

12,778

844

793

82,165

1,57,833

2,60,324

16,57,527

 

Annexure - A5

 

Statement showing the number of persons benefitted through Legal Services provided under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 during the year 2025-2026 (upto November, 2025).

S.No.

Name of the State/UT Authority

Categories of Persons availing Legal Aid

Total

SC

ST

Women

Children

In custody

Persons with Disability

Industrial Workmen

Transgender

Victim of Trafficking in Human beings or Begar

Victims of Mass Disaster Violence, Flood, Draught, Earthquake and Industrial Disaster

General (whose annual income does not exceed the prescribed limit)

Others

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0

0

78

24

37

0

6

0

0

0

27

106

278

2

Andhra Pradesh

180

28

1,221

100

2,622

13

0

0

0

0

1,510

3,395

9,069

3

Arunachal Pradesh

1,171

2,596

1,311

119

752

40

99

0

1

1

37

569

6,696

4

Assam

1,838

3,698

6,216

3,046

20,034

77

2,371

16

50

0

9,652

19,569

66,567

5

Bihar

2,489

727

6,908

5,743

20,819

105

570

24

0

625

1,916

11,407

51,333

6

Chandigarh

6

2

912

65

584

4

0

0

0

0

602

27

2,202

7

Chhattisgarh

7,863

9,327

7,877

620

15,449

14

0

0

0

1

7,320

7,076

55,547

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0

0

50

0

8

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

61

Daman & Diu

4

4

39

3

14

0

15

0

0

0

10

3

92

9

Delhi

1,118

41

13,098

2,097

13,713

224

233

7

1

0

6,494

11,896

48,922

10

Goa

14

31

1,261

3

208

12

0

0

0

0

796

34

2,359

11

Gujarat

4,117

9,021

13,368

2,991

10,303

167

18

0

0

29

7,389

12,765

60,168

12

Haryana

1,182

2

7,149

644

70,890

161

27

1

0

0

3,758

2,044

85,858

13

Himachal Pradesh

405

62

2,138

73

489

51

4

0

233

43

633

311

4,442

14

Jammu & Kashmir

1,323

1,151

4,292

2,109

2,427

250

9

1

0

620

3,432

1,352

16,966

15

Jharkhand

34,946

36,321

78,886

33,453

23,046

2,832

2,366

91

11

1

6,022

77,423

2,95,398

16

Karnataka

4,414

2,489

9,790

529

8,254

98

132

76

1

5

5,288

10,013

41,089

17

Kerala

931

418

11,459

1,025

4,222

95

223

6

3

0

3,369

2,424

24,175

18

Ladakh

0

81

77

0

23

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

181

19

Lakshadweep

5

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

14

20

Madhya Pradesh

11,286

12,229

34,095

18,939

58,602

286

1,912

0

0

0

11,787

16,668

1,65,804

21

Maharashtra

2,024

748

12,954

1,803

13,121

904

190

29

72

66

4,621

4,403

40,935

22

Manipur

266

4,665

6,228

1,564

622

216

99

18

0

38,020

1,523

1,522

54,743

23

Meghalaya

19

1,077

427

188

431

0

0

0

0

5

133

1,098

3,378

24

Mizoram

2

1,508

537

32

58

0

0

0

15

0

35

240

2,427

25

Nagaland

1,166

2,343

1,012

1,389

375

224

0

0

0

0

909

0

7,418

26

Odisha

981

712

2,802

83

5,837

74

8

4

6

14

1,221

544

12,286

27

Puducherry

22

0

101

101

84

0

0

0

0

0

37

17

362

28

Punjab

4,906

5

10,561

525

28,290

1,022

29

6

0

0

8,200

1,493

55,037

29

Rajasthan

322

83

1,816

4,375

11,216

31

3

0

0

0

1,580

28

19,454

30

Sikkim

16

78

442

22

128

7

0

0

0

0

115

6

814

31

Tamil Nadu

1,406

274

8,533

399

9,336

117

60

18

3

2

8,359

9,252

37,759

32

Telangana

326

190

1,898

370

5,303

11

0

0

0

0

2,079

3,732

13,909

33

Tripura

756

688

2,246

197

1,012

34

0

36

0

0

748

2,226

7,943

34

Uttar Pradesh

1,571

189

2,797

1,230

6,330

495

44

349

0

0

3,656

4,200

20,861

35

Uttarakhand

1,572

805

4,918

3,189

17,615

251

679

4

0

0

3,289

3,011

35,333

36

West Bengal

7,292

3,099

17,171

3,188

21,253

490

557

40

49

48

14,509

4,654

72,350

 

Total

95,939

94,701

2,74,668

90,238

3,73,507

8,305

9,657

726

445

39,480

1,21,056

2,13,508

13,22,230

This information was given by MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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