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The maintenance of the rule of law, which is essential for the existence of an ordered society, depends on providing legal assistance to the poor and vulnerable. Poor uneducated guy is denied equal access to justice up until and until he receives legal assistance. The judiciary has recently shown a keen interest in offering legal aid to the disadvantaged as a step towards having the legal system serve the underprivileged and the destitute. The Indian Constitution guarantees an impartial and independent judiciary, and courts are empowered to uphold the constitution and protect peoples' rights regardless of their socioeconomic circumstances. The constitution mandates that the judiciary has a duty to defend the rights of the underprivileged as well as the rights of society as a whole since the goal of the constitution is to deliver justice for everyone and because the directive principles are an essential component of the constitution. Through its substantial judicial interventions, the judiciary has forced and directed the legislature to create the necessary laws to deliver justice to the doorsteps of the most vulnerable members of society. One illustrative example of how the Indian court has acted as the forerunner of Indian people' rights, particularly those of the poor, is public interest litigation. It inspired those with a sense of responsibility to work for the poor's justice. The Supreme Court significantly loosened the rules as a result. The Lok Adalat system has been introduced as one of the ways to give free legal assistance and swift justice at the doorsteps of the poor, in addition to public interest litigation and judicial activism, with the goal of making justice cheap and simple. The author of this post emphasises the significance of free legal assistance in a constitutional democracy like India, where a sizeable portion of the population has yet to experience the constitutional guarantees of even the most basic fundamental rights being fulfilled for them.