Lok Sabha Question No. 3489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-17
Subject: Lok Adalats
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3489 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 17 th  MARCH, 2021 Lok Adalats

†3489. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Lok Adalats organised in rural areas during the last three years to date, State-wise and place-wise;
- (b) the details of total number of cases settled in these Lok Adalats, State-wise and year-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  contemplates  to  make  these  Lok  Adalats  more effective and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the State-wise totaI number of Lok Adalats proposed to be organised during the current year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVISHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) and  (b)  State/UT-wise  and  year-wise  details  of  number  of Lok  Adalats organised and cases disposed of by State Lok Adalats, National Lok Adalats and  Permanent  Lok  Adalats  (Public  Utility  Services)  during  the  last  three yearsis at Annexure-A, Annexure-B and Annexure-C respectively.
- (c) The State Legal Services Authorities have been issued guidelines/ directions by  National  Legal  Services  Authority  (NALSA)  vide  National  Legal  Services Authority (Lok Adalat) Regulations, 2009 to organise more Lok Adalats so that pendency of cases could be reduced. Further in view of Covid, E-Lok Adalat
- was conceptualized  which  significantly  improved  access  to  justice  for  people who were otherwise unable to participate in the Lok Adalats. The first  E-Lok Adalat  was  held  on  27.06.2020  and  since  then  E-Lok  Adalats  have  been organized in 24 States / UTs wherein 8.07 lakh cases were taken up and 4.11

lakh cases disposed of.

- (d) Every  year,  NALSA  issues  calendar  for  the  year  for  organising  National LokAdalats.  During  2021,  National  Lok  Adalats  are  scheduled  to  be  held  on 10 th April,  10 th July,  11 th September and 11 th December.State Lok Adalats are organised  by  State  Legal  Services  Authorities  as  per  local  conditions  and needs.

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Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3489 for answering on 17.03.2021 raised by Shri Prataprao Jadhav, MP - Lok Adalats.

Statement containing the information of  cases disposed of in the State Lok Adalats and benches constituted during the last three year viz. 2017-18, 201819, 2019-20 and 2020-21 (upto December 2020).

| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT Authority   | 2017-18                    | 2017-18                                                    | 2018-19                    | 2018-19                                                    | 2019-20                    | 2019-20                                                    | 2020-21 (upto Dec.20)      | 2020-21 (upto Dec.20)                                      |
|---------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT Authority   | No. of Benches constituted | Cases Disposed of (Both Pre- litigative and Pending cases) | No. of Benches constituted | Cases Disposed of (Both Pre- litigative and Pending cases) | No. of Benches constituted | Cases Disposed of (Both Pre- litigative and Pending cases) | No. of Benches constituted | Cases Disposed of (Both Pre- litigative and Pending cases) |
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands      | 22                         | 432                                                        | 1                          | 75                                                         | 2                          | 290                                                        | 1                          | 90                                                         |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                   | 9652                       | 16212                                                      | 9860                       | 13731                                                      | 8493                       | 11400                                                      | 1915                       | 21413                                                      |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                | 6                          | 48                                                         | 3                          | 26                                                         | 47                         | 118                                                        | 6                          | 25                                                         |
| 4       | Assam                            | 748                        | 109151                                                     | 576                        | 58278                                                      | 419                        | 33084                                                      | 3                          | 1                                                          |
| 5       | Bihar                            | 784                        | 2283                                                       | 1041                       | 1361                                                       | 931                        | 1256                                                       | 26                         | 0                                                          |
| 6       | Chandigarh                       | 12                         | 43                                                         | 12                         | 88                                                         | 12                         | 28                                                         | 4                          | 0                                                          |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                     | 1035                       | 11448                                                      | 629                        | 5687                                                       | 610                        | 1662                                                       | 195                        | 2270                                                       |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli           | 1                          | 10                                                         | 1                          | 5                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 9       | Daman and Diu                    | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 10      | Delhi                            | 55                         | 3685                                                       | 69                         | 4393                                                       | 52                         | 16340                                                      | 185                        | 19857                                                      |
| 11      | Goa                              | 41                         | 623                                                        | 8                          | 132                                                        | 5                          | 81                                                         | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 12      | Gujarat                          | 6254                       | 19074                                                      | 5555                       | 18662                                                      | 4542                       | 20611                                                      | 1208                       | 13028                                                      |
| 13      | Haryana                          | 58876                      | 149528                                                     | 69880                      | 143703                                                     | 66040                      | 124952                                                     | 17935                      | 26594                                                      |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh                 | 1311                       | 52899                                                      | 2088                       | 75180                                                      | 1865                       | 68651                                                      | 83                         | 3105                                                       |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir                | 133                        | 4485                                                       | 107                        | 10611                                                      | 145                        | 16774                                                      | 111                        | 4276                                                       |
| 16      | Jharkhand                        | 690                        | 7906                                                       | 870                        | 12468                                                      | 743                        | 14341                                                      | 231                        | 74234                                                      |

| 17   | Karnataka      |   11307 |   114272 |   8898 |   89616 |   3890 |   45165 |   1547 |   119701 |
|------|----------------|---------|----------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|----------|
| 18   | Kerala         |    2206 |    27038 |   2356 |   31732 |   1972 |   21408 |    501 |     1661 |
| 19   | Lakshadweep    |      12 |       13 |     11 |     198 |      2 |       0 |      0 |        0 |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh |    1897 |     7877 |   1541 |    3561 |   1166 |   10675 |   1010 |     9661 |
| 21   | Maharashtra    |      65 |     1117 |     47 |     798 |    592 |    7932 |      6 |       96 |
| 22   | Manipur        |       0 |        0 |      2 |      28 |      0 |       0 |      1 |       21 |
| 23   | Meghalaya      |       1 |       10 |     23 |     166 |      0 |       0 |      0 |        0 |
| 24   | Mizoram        |      95 |      526 |     85 |     477 |    112 |     552 |     21 |       67 |
| 25   | Nagaland       |       0 |        0 |      0 |       0 |      0 |       0 |      0 |        0 |
| 26   | Odisha         |     612 |   267324 |    361 |   82717 |    101 |   45210 |    239 |     4628 |
| 27   | Puducherry     |      58 |     1111 |     56 |    1011 |     49 |     699 |     12 |      150 |
| 28   | Punjab         |    1100 |     6980 |   1034 |   29266 |    803 |    4242 |      0 |        0 |
| 29   | Rajasthan      |    4470 |    73277 |   4185 |   10673 |   3689 |    6522 |    238 |    33838 |
| 30   | Sikkim         |     120 |      677 |    110 |     729 |    120 |     560 |     90 |      133 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu     |    3364 |    19024 |   3259 |   17144 |   2181 |   16621 |    379 |     7398 |
| 32   | Telengana      |    2533 |    14435 |   1956 |   13032 |   1862 |   12352 |    828 |    19915 |
| 33   | Tripura        |     165 |    73882 |    116 |   57069 |     35 |    7353 |      9 |      714 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh  |     204 |     9569 |    280 |   41576 |    197 |    3916 |    162 |    61725 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand    |      45 |    16868 |     41 |    7808 |     72 |   27258 |    110 |     2473 |
| 36   | West Bengal    |    1821 |   916855 |   1650 |  315654 |   1307 |   25698 |    260 |     9839 |
|      | Grand Total    |  109695 |  1928682 | 116711 | 1047655 | 102056 |  545751 |  27316 |   436913 |

| Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3489 for answering on 17.03.2021 raised by Shri Prataprao Jadhav, MP - Lok Adalats. Statement containing the information of cases disposed of in National Lok Adalats during last three years.   | Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3489 for answering on 17.03.2021 raised by Shri Prataprao Jadhav, MP - Lok Adalats. Statement containing the information of cases disposed of in National Lok Adalats during last three years.   | Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3489 for answering on 17.03.2021 raised by Shri Prataprao Jadhav, MP - Lok Adalats. Statement containing the information of cases disposed of in National Lok Adalats during last three years.   | Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3489 for answering on 17.03.2021 raised by Shri Prataprao Jadhav, MP - Lok Adalats. Statement containing the information of cases disposed of in National Lok Adalats during last three years.   | Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3489 for answering on 17.03.2021 raised by Shri Prataprao Jadhav, MP - Lok Adalats. Statement containing the information of cases disposed of in National Lok Adalats during last three years.   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Name of the State/UT Authority                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2019                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2020                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| S.No.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Name of the State/UT Authority                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Cases Disposed Of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Cases Disposed Of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Cases Disposed Of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 248                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 95017                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 97415                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 37896                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1338                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 588                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 104                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | ASSAM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 31192                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 21596                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 12188                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | BIHAR                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 170983                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 164984                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 66451                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | CHANDIGARH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 11783                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 11188                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2569                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 70362                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 57648                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 24464                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 170                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2021                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1768                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | DAMAN AND DIU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 107                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 249                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 31                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | DELHI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 75546                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 71377                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 83006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | GOA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2704                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1565                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 351                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | GUJARAT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 137105                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 193150                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 41584                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | HARYANA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 91141                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 103298                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 30298                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 20298                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 25432                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 5971                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 59330                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 32177                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 13258                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | JHARKHAND                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 72058                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 49228                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 53152                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | KARNATAKA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 99957                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 281849                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 334681                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | KERALA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 106013                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 128729                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 15010                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 103                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

| 20   | MADHYA PRADESH   |   310569 |   234433 |   108365 |
|------|------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 21   | MAHARASHTRA      |   808625 |   428376 |   215837 |
| 22   | MANIPUR          |     1689 |     1994 |      204 |
| 23   | MEGHALAYA        |      936 |      695 |      303 |
| 24   | MIZORAM          |     1076 |      495 |      218 |
| 25   | NAGALAND         |     2328 |      973 |      251 |
| 26   | ODISHA           |    41288 |    43197 |    18329 |
| 27   | PUDUCHERRY       |     4745 |     4194 |     1738 |
| 28   | PUNJAB           |   111771 |    89016 |    32528 |
| 29   | RAJASTHAN        |   165621 |   219098 |   103060 |
| 30   | SIKKIM           |      233 |      165 |       30 |
| 31   | TAMIL NADU       |   475753 |   340594 |    88819 |
| 32   | TELANGANA        |    88135 |   110838 |    47560 |
| 33   | TRIPURA          |     2845 |     3354 |      382 |
| 34   | UTTARAKHAND      |    34487 |    26058 |     8088 |
| 35   | UTTAR PRADESH    |  2724616 |  2484405 |  1171022 |
| 36   | WEST BENGAL      |    62637 |    62890 |    28596 |
|      | Grand Total      |  5882561 |  5293273 |  2548368 |

Annexure-C

Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3489 for answering on 17.03.2021 raised by Shri Prataprao Jadhav, MP - Lok Adalats.

Statement containing the information of number of sittings of Permanent Lok Adalats (PUS) and cases settled in these sittings during the years viz. 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 (upto December, 2020)

| S. No   | Name of the                 | 2017-18                 | 2017-18                       | 2018-19                 | 2018-19                       | 2019-20                 | 2019-20                       | 2020-21 (upto Dec.20)   | 2020-21 (upto Dec.20)         |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S. No   | State/UT Authority          | Sitting During the year | Cases settled during the year | Sitting During the year | Cases settled during the year | Sitting During the year | Cases settled during the year | Sitting During the year | Cases settled during the year |
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              | 793                     | 1404                          | 1204                    | 1805                          | 1384                    | 1608                          | 226                     | 689                           |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             |
| 4       | Assam                       | 474                     | 312                           | 350                     | 99                            | 263                     | 38                            | 59                      | 1                             |
| 5       | Bihar                       | 347                     | 78                            | 1688                    | 491                           | 1754                    | 688                           | 747                     | 134                           |
| 6       | Chandigarh                  | 243                     | 3205                          | 247                     | 1653                          | 246                     | 582                           | 186                     | 62                            |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                | 1154                    | 163                           | 995                     | 122                           | 918                     | 96                            | 121                     | 8                             |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             |
| 9       | Daman and Diu               | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             |
| 10      | Delhi                       | 454                     | 11922                         | 502                     | 18897                         | 516                     | 19439                         | 333                     | 6791                          |
| 11      | Goa                         | 6                       | 93                            | 19                      | 107                           | 21                      | 57                            | 18                      | 0                             |
| 12      | Gujarat                     | 5                       | 439                           | 23                      | 365                           | 9                       | 120                           | 0                       | 0                             |
| 13      | Haryana                     | 2585                    | 40966                         | 3501                    | 39930                         | 3578                    | 45839                         | 2560                    | 7565                          |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh            | 31                      | 75                            | 35                      | 70                            | 38                      | 112                           | 4                       | 4                             |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir           | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             |
| 16      | Jharkhand                   | 2032                    | 3137                          | 1668                    | 6414                          | 2738                    | 10517                         | 2526                    | 1269                          |

| 17   | Karnataka      |   1515 |   8673 |   1615 |   4014 |   1578 |   6399 |   766 |   2783 |
|------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|--------|
| 18   | Kerala         |    479 |    818 |    273 |    544 |    276 |    442 |   269 |    166 |
| 19   | Lakshadweep    |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh |    427 |  12094 |    304 |    951 |    368 |    510 |   266 |    132 |
| 21   | Maharashtra    |    787 |  10089 |    723 |   2981 |    797 |   3304 |   329 |    154 |
| 22   | Manipur        |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 23   | Meghalaya      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 24   | Mizoram        |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 25   | Nagaland       |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 26   | Odisha         |    555 |   1583 |    705 |   1352 |    935 |   1870 |   357 |    988 |
| 27   | Puducherry     |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 28   | Punjab         |   3428 |  19626 |   3336 |   9427 |   4504 |   8391 |  1790 |   2150 |
| 29   | Rajasthan      |   3295 |   3208 |   3765 |   4423 |   4545 |   5254 |   546 |    252 |
| 30   | Sikkim         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu     |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |    245 |     47 |    97 |     25 |
| 32   | Telengana      |    153 |   4856 |    222 |   6243 |    181 |   3546 |    28 |    173 |
| 33   | Tripura        |     88 |     49 |    189 |    245 |    147 |    208 |     1 |      0 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh  |   5964 |   1663 |   4956 |   2340 |   4274 |   1230 |  1699 |    170 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand    |     27 |      5 |    314 |    151 |    461 |    379 |    43 |    163 |
| 36   | West Bengal    |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
|      | Grand Total    |  24842 | 124458 |  26634 | 102624 |  29776 | 110676 | 12971 |  23679 |