Who among the following are eligible for free legal aid under the National Legal Services Authority?

A. A member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe.

B. A victim of trafficking in human beings or beggar as referred to in Article 23 of the Constitution

C. An industrial workman

D. A person under circumstances of undeserved want such as being a victim of a mass disasters

E. To file any case in Supreme Court, if any person need free legal aid, the person’s annual income must be below 10 lakhs.

The correct option is A, B, C and D only.

To understand why this is the case, let us examine the provisions for free legal services in India under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (NALSA):

Under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, the following categories of persons are eligible for free legal aid:
1. A member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe (Statement A is correct).
2. A victim of trafficking in human beings or beggar as referred to in Article 23 of the Constitution (Statement B is correct).
3. A woman or a child.
4. A person with disability as defined in clause (i) of Section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
5. A person under circumstances of undeserved want such as being a victim of a mass disaster, ethnic violence, caste atrocity, flood, drought, earthquake or industrial disaster (Statement D is correct).
6. An industrial workman (Statement C is correct).
7. A person in custody, including custody in a protective home within the meaning of clause (g) of Section 2 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, or in a juvenile home within the meaning of clause (j) of Section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, or in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home within the meaning of clause (g) of Section 2 of the Mental Health Act, 1987.
8. A person in receipt of annual income less than the amount prescribed by the respective State Governments (or the Central Government for cases before the Supreme Court).

Regarding Statement E: For cases in the Supreme Court, the income limit to be eligible for free legal aid under the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) is currently 5,00,000 rupees (5 lakhs) per annum, not 10 lakhs. Therefore, Statement E is incorrect.

Since statements A, B, C, and D are correct, and E is incorrect, the correct option is "A, B, C and D only".