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ABSTRACT; When India has declared itself a democratic state, it owes a paramount duty to provide equal justice to all. One way to achieve this objective is to provide legal services to those who on account of various reasons are not able to get justice. Keeping this in view numerous legislative measures are introduced by the Indian parliament for the upliftment of weaker sections of the society. Legal aid implies giving free legal services to the poor and needy who cannot afford the services of a lawyer for the conduct of a case or a legal proceeding in any court, tribunal or before an authority. At present, legal aid finds special place in our constitution. The concept of legal aid has its roots in this very provision of the constitution. So long as socioeconomic and other forms of inequality exists, the implementation of National Charter becomes impossible, until we evolve a process of administration of justice where economic difference is not a factor for getting justice. Our constitution guarantees Justice – social, economic and political to each citizen as enshrined in the Preamble. In fact, mere assurance of political justice is of no substance if the citizens are denied their social and economic rights. Similarly, mere social justice is meaningless in the absence of just distribution of economic resources along with equitable access to the opportunities. Justice Sabharwal former Chief Justice of India has rightly said – “Given that the justice is defined in terms of rights, access person to approach the appropriate authority and effectively claim the enforcement of rights. Thus, access to justice, in more real terms, would include the sum total of all those rights and remedies available to a person through which he can seek the enforcement of his or her rights.” The word 'Justice' is derived from a French word 'Jostise' which means uprightness, equity, vindication of right, administration of law. The concept of justice is as old as civilization and society. There can't be existence of lawful society without the presence of justice. One of the most important pillars of any nation is justice. A lawful society can't exist without the presence of justice. It is one of the most important pillars behind the growth of any nation. Also justice means, 'Justice is the correct application of a law, as opposed to arbitrariness'. By correct application of law, we mean to say "proper implementation of law". Justice can be attained in the society only by correct interpretation and implementation of Laws.

KEYWORDS: Equal Justice, Indian Constitution, Lok Adalat. philosophy of law.

"The Concept Equality of Justice under Indian Constitution", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 1, page no.296-299, January-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1801359.pdf

"The Concept Equality of Justice under Indian Constitution", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 1, page no. pp296-299, January-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1801359.pdf