Questão jurídica principal
Whether receipt of supplementary benefits automatically establishes indigence for legal aid purposes
Decisão extraída
No. Supplementary benefits are only an indication of financial need, but the court must assess indigence separately under the rules on legal aid.
Fundamentação extraída
The two institutions pursue a similar subsistence-protection purpose, but their eligibility criteria differ; asset and income rules are not identical, so EL entitlement cannot by itself determine procedural indigence.