1. That the provisions of law conferring rights on parties are of no consequence to those who have no means to avail themselves of the benefit of such law is more than evident from the facts of the case before us. A Harijan lady who lost her husband in an accident on 19-3-1978 petitioned to the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation for payment of compensation due on account of the death of her husband. It was a bus belonging to the Corporation that caused the accident resulting in the death of the petitioner's husband and another person. She laments in the petition that only a sum of Rs. 1,000/- was paid to her, that she had to leave her house at the Harijan Colony, Pulimathu and take shelter in somebody-else's house and that she has no means to resort to a court or a tribunal or pay fees to counsel.

2. It is further mentioned that two years prior to the date of her petition the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation offered to pay her Rs. 10,000/- but that would only be on production of succession certificate from court. She is unable to move a court and get succession certificate for the reason that she has no money to pay fee for moving the court or to meet the exp