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Introduction: Legal aid may be taken to mean free legal assistance to the poor persons in any judicial proceedings before the Court, Tribunals or any authority. It intends to provide free legal assistance to the poor persons who are not able to enforce the rights given to them by law. Justice P.N. Bhagwati has clearly stated that legal aid means providing an arrangement in the society which makes the machinery of administration of Justice easily accessible and in reach of those who have to resort to it for enforcement of rights given to them by law. Objectives: The objectives of the paper are to study the constitutional Provisions Relating to Legal Aid, to examine the Bodies under the Act and Their Hierarchy and to study the positive contribution of Judiciary Free Legal Aid in India. Methodology: To fulfill this objectives researcher adopted is a doctrinal form and the author has referred secondary sources in doing the research analysis. Conclusion: Legal aid means free legal service for the promotion of the welfare of the people. In India many efforts have been made in this direction for example the introduction of Lok Adalats. According to various articles of the Indian constitution, it is the right of an accused to ask for legal aid if he is not able to afford it.