Lok Sabha Question No. 481 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: E-Lok Adalats
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 481

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 4 th  FEBRUARY, 2022

## E-Lok Adalats

## 481. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA: SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government proposes to set  up  more  'E-Lok  Adalats' in  the country to clear pending cases in High Courts and Lower Courts;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of E-Lok Adalats presently functioning in various States including Jharkhand;
- (c) the number of cases cleared by the E-Lok Adalats during the last three years along with the steps taken by the Government to promote E-Lok Adalats; and
- (d)  the  extent  to  which  it  has  reduced  the  number  of  pending  cases  in  High Courts and Lower Courts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) to (c) Lok Adalat is not a permanent establishment and is organised at such intervals as felt required with a view to reduce pendency of cases in courts and  settle  disputes  at  pre-litigation  stage.  During  the  covid  pandemic,  the Legal  Services  Authorities  under  the  aegis  of  National  Legal  Services Authority (NALSA) ingeniously integrated technology to move Lok Adalat on  to  the  virtual  platform,  better  known  as  e-Lok  Adalats.  Since  e-Lok

Adalats are organized simultaneously with regular Lok Adalats, benches are constituted  on  the  basis  of  volume  of  cases  referred  by  various  courts  or tribunals and institutions for pre-litigation cases.

The first  e-Lok  Adalat  was held  in  Madhya  Pradesh on 27.06.2020. The detail of e-Lok Adalats organized from June, 2020 to December, 2021 in various States/UTs including Jharkhand is at Annexure - A.

Steps taken by Legal Services Authorities to promote  e-Lok Adalats include  -    Standard  Operating  Procedure  for  conduct  of  e-Lok  Adalat, Technical  training  through  System  officers  to  the  Court  Staff,  Whatsapp groups for litigants, advocates and respondents for conveying them relevant information/ link for attending e-Lok Adalats and Video conferencing link and cause list displayed on the website of the District Courts.

- (d) The Lok Adalats are most effective mode of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism in arresting the mounting arrears of the Courts including High Courts. 15.29 lakh pre-litigation cases and 8.17 lakh pending cases in Courts  have  been  disposed  of  by  e-Lok  Adalats  during  June,  2020  to December, 2021.

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Statement  as  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  481  for answering  on  04.02.2022  raised  by  Shri  MohanbhaiKalyanjiKundariya  and  Shri DipsinhShankarsinhRathod, MPs - E-LokAdalats

Statement showing details of e- LokAdalats organized from June, 2020 to December, 2021

|      |                             |                                    | Pre-Litigation Cases   | Pre-Litigation Cases   | Pending Cases in Courts   | Pending Cases in Courts   | Total    | Total    |
|------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------|----------|
| S.No | Name of the State Authority | Dated                              | Taken Up               | Disposal               | Taken Up                  | Disposal                  | Taken Up | Disposal |
| 1    | Madhya Pradesh              | 27.06.2020                         | 0                      | 0                      | 94                        | 91                        | 94       | 91       |
| 2    | Chhattisgarh                | 11.07.2020                         | 0                      | 0                      | 5067                      | 2270                      | 5067     | 2270     |
| 3    | Madhya Pradesh              | 25.07.2020                         | 2529                   | 148                    | 14893                     | 2085                      | 17422    | 2233     |
| 4    | Delhi                       | 08.08.2020                         | 0                      | 0                      | 8112                      | 5838                      | 8112     | 5838     |
| 5    | Rajasthan                   | 22.08.2020                         | 17724                  | 4395                   | 54366                     | 29151                     | 72090    | 33546    |
| 6    | Jammu& Kashmir and Ladakh   | 22.08.2020                         | 502                    | 395                    | 5255                      | 3878                      | 5757     | 4273     |
| 7    | West Bengal                 | 22.08.2020                         | 0                      | 0                      | 120                       | 59                        | 120      | 59       |
| 8    | Madhya Pradesh              | 08.08.2020& 29.08.2020             | 694                    | 52                     | 6122                      | 1841                      | 6816     | 1893     |
| 9    | Manipur                     | 02.09.2020                         | 0                      | 0                      | 12                        | 7                         | 12       | 7        |
| 10   | Odisha                      | 12.09.2020                         | 3870                   | 171                    | 16910                     | 2061                      | 20780    | 2232     |
| 11   | Uttarakhand                 | 12.09.2020                         | 398                    | 217                    | 5067                      | 1787                      | 5465     | 2004     |
| 12   | Haryana                     | 18.09.2020                         | 3755                   | 3625                   | 9412                      | 4913                      | 13167    | 8538     |
| 13   | West Bengal                 | 19.09.2020                         | 5577                   | 1363                   | 6890                      | 5911                      | 12467    | 7274     |
| 14   | Karnataka                   | 19.09.2020                         | 12613                  | 7383                   | 218752                    | 108555                    | 231365   | 115938   |
| 15   | Delhi                       | 20.09.2020                         | 0                      | 0                      | 14856                     | 13491                     | 14856    | 13491    |
| 16   | Gujarat                     | 26.09.2020                         | 881                    | 803                    | 16169                     | 10142                     | 17050    | 10945    |
| 17   | Madhya Pradesh              | 26.09.2020                         | 130                    | 77                     | 6445                      | 1326                      | 6575     | 1403     |
| 18   | Arunachal Pradesh           | 26.09.2020                         | 78                     | 13                     | 24                        | 11                        | 102      | 24       |
| 19   | Jharkhand                   | 26.09.2020                         | 9700                   | 9700                   | 1648                      | 1019                      | 11348    | 10719    |
| 20   | Manipur                     | 29.09.2020                         | 20                     | 14                     | 0                         | 0                         | 20       | 14       |
| 21   | Himachal Pradesh            | 19.09.2020, 26.09.2020& 30.09.2020 | 130                    | 59                     | 416                       | 244                       | 546      | 303      |
| 22   | Madhya Pradesh              | 23& 31.10.2020                     | 254                    | 32                     | 5860                      | 1696                      | 6114     | 1728     |
| 23   | Jharkhand                   | 17.10.2020                         | 19389                  | 19389                  | 8716                      | 6940                      | 28105    | 26329    |
| 24   | Uttar Pradesh               | 01.11.2020                         | 0                      | 0                      | 5423                      | 2763                      | 5423     | 2763     |
| 25   | Telangana                   | 07.11.2020                         | 809                    | 807                    | 10419                     | 9116                      | 11228    | 9923     |

|   26 | Uttarakhand               | 07.11.2020                         |     0 |     0 |   3161 |   469 |   3161 |   469 |
|------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|-------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|
|   27 | Madhya Pradesh            | 07.11.2020                         |     0 |     0 |    830 |   188 |    830 |   188 |
|   28 | Jharkhand                 | 26.11.2020                         | 36000 | 35115 |     96 |    18 |  36096 | 35133 |
|   29 | Madhya Pradesh            | 28.11.2020                         |    54 |     3 |   1378 |   569 |   1432 |   572 |
|   30 | West Bengal               | 28.11.2020                         |  1389 |    89 |   2195 |  1121 |   3584 |  1210 |
|   31 | Andhra Pradesh            | 12.12.2020                         |   213 |    37 |   7053 |  5640 |   7266 |  5677 |
|   32 | Bihar                     | 12.12.2020                         | 57903 | 17296 |   7727 |  2387 |  65630 | 19683 |
|   33 | Chandigarh                | 12.12.2020                         |     0 |     0 |     70 |    12 |     70 |    12 |
|   34 | Chhattisgarh              | 12.12.2020                         |   566 |    55 |   4244 |  2473 |   4810 |  2528 |
|   35 | Delhi                     | 12.12.2020                         |     0 |     0 |  14785 | 12956 |  14785 | 12956 |
|   36 | Gujarat                   | 12.12.2020                         |  9607 |  1580 |  21569 | 10803 |  31176 | 12383 |
|   37 | Haryana                   | 12.12.2020                         |     0 |     0 |    153 |    72 |    153 |    72 |
|   38 | Jharkhand                 | 12.12.2020                         | 41887 | 17206 |  12489 |  7504 |  54376 | 24710 |
|   39 | Madhya Pradesh            | 12.12.2020                         |     0 |     0 |    970 |   589 |    970 |   589 |
|   40 | Maharashtra               | 12.12.2020                         |     0 |     0 |    654 |   653 |    654 |   653 |
|   41 | Manipur                   | 12.12.2020                         |   132 |    79 |     37 |    17 |    169 |    96 |
|   42 | Punjab                    | 12.12.2020                         |  3226 |   417 |   4495 |  2826 |   7721 |  3243 |
|   43 | Rajasthan                 | 12.12.2020                         | 19001 |  2043 |   3499 |   523 |  22500 |  2566 |
|   44 | Sikkim                    | 12.12.2020                         |    11 |    11 |      0 |     0 |     11 |    11 |
|   45 | Telangana                 | 12.12.2020                         |     6 |     6 |     63 |    25 |     69 |    31 |
|   46 | Uttarakhand               | 12.12.2020                         |  3000 |   128 |    341 |   106 |   3341 |   234 |
|   47 | West Bengal               | 12.12.2020                         |  2036 |   100 |    164 |    86 |   2200 |   186 |
|   48 | Karnataka                 | 19.12.2020                         |  1837 |   250 |  27026 | 18840 |  28863 | 19090 |
|   49 | Odisha                    | 19.12.2020                         |  6840 |   305 |   3589 |   892 |  10429 |  1197 |
|   50 | Goa                       | 09.01.2020                         |     0 |     0 |     19 |     2 |     19 |     2 |
|   51 | Andhra                    | 20.01.2021                         |     0 |     0 |      1 |     1 |      1 |     1 |
|   51 | Pradesh                   | 23.01.2021                         |    28 |    28 |   4295 |  1856 |   4323 |  1884 |
|   51 |                           | 30.01.2021                         |    10 |     3 |    521 |   460 |    531 |   463 |
|   52 | Jharkhand                 | 27.02.2021                         |   185 |   133 |   1947 |  1812 |   2132 |  1945 |
|   53 | Uttar Pradesh             | 07.03.2021                         |     0 |     0 |   2165 |  1657 |   2165 |  1657 |
|   54 | Delhi                     | 07.03.2021, 13.03.2021& 21.03.2021 |  1835 |  1481 |      0 |     0 |   1835 |  1481 |
|   55 | Andhra Pradesh            | March, 2021                        |    50 |    50 |   3705 |   789 |   3755 |   839 |
|   56 | Karnataka                 | 27.03.2021                         |     0 |     0 |   1391 |  1246 |   1391 |  1246 |
|   57 | Odisha                    | 10.04.2021                         |  6777 |   175 |   2476 |   609 |   9253 |   784 |
|   58 | Manipur                   | 10.04.2021                         |    73 |    58 |      0 |     0 |     73 |    58 |
|   59 | Punjab                    | 10.04.2021                         |  2000 |   115 |   4541 |  3589 |   6541 |  3704 |
|   60 | Andhra Pradesh            | April, 2021                        |     9 |     9 |    480 |   454 |    489 |   463 |
|   61 | Jammu& Kashmir and Ladakh | 17.04.2021                         |  1779 |  1180 |   3668 |  2413 |   5447 |  3593 |

|   62 | Jharkhand         | 10.04.2021   |   18081 |   10542 |   7249 |   5223 |   25330 |   15765 |
|------|-------------------|--------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|---------|---------|
|   62 | Jharkhand         | 24.04.2021   |     122 |      99 |     80 |     77 |     202 |     176 |
|   63 | Uttarakhand       | 10.04.2021   |       0 |       0 |     48 |      2 |      48 |       2 |
|   64 | Delhi             | 10.05.2021   |       0 |       0 |      1 |      1 |       1 |       1 |
|   65 | Jharkhand         | 29.05.2021   |      83 |      41 |     83 |     76 |     166 |     117 |
|   66 | Andhra Pradesh    | May, 2021    |      16 |       8 |    537 |    491 |     553 |     499 |
|   67 | Telangana         | June, 21     |       0 |       0 |     18 |      8 |      18 |       8 |
|   68 | Andhra Pradesh    | June, 21     |      17 |      11 |   2171 |   2625 |    2188 |    2636 |
|   69 | Jharkhand         | 26.06.2021   |     175 |      89 |    311 |    204 |     486 |     293 |
|   70 | Sikkim            | June, 21     |      77 |       1 |      2 |      0 |      79 |       1 |
|   71 | Delhi             | 10.07.2021   |      14 |      12 |  29345 |  26312 |   29359 |   26324 |
|   72 | Uttarakhand       | 10.07.2021   |     193 |      63 |   3527 |   1822 |    3720 |    1885 |
|   73 | Sikkim            | July, 2021   |      92 |      13 |     24 |     12 |     116 |      25 |
|   74 | Tripura           | July, 2021   |     505 |      47 |    606 |     62 |    1111 |     109 |
|   75 | Chhattisgarh      | 10.07.2021   |      89 |      89 |   1565 |   1565 |    1654 |    1654 |
|   76 | Goa               | July, 2021   |       0 |       0 |    151 |     63 |     151 |      63 |
|   77 | Jharkhand         | July, 2021   |   36385 |   19040 |  24253 |  13391 |   60638 |   32431 |
|   78 | Manipur           | July, 2021   |     109 |      99 |     57 |     32 |     166 |     131 |
|   79 | Mizoram           | July, 2021   |     199 |     104 |    106 |     25 |     305 |     129 |
|   80 | Odisha            | 10.07.2021   |     546 |     198 |   1189 |    667 |    1735 |     865 |
|   81 | Andhra Pradesh    | July, 2021   |      31 |      23 |    176 |    157 |     207 |     180 |
|   82 | West Bengal       | July, 2021   |    1540 |     126 |     60 |     37 |    1600 |     163 |
|   83 | Telangana         | 10.07.2021   |      21 |      15 |    312 |    188 |     333 |     203 |
|   84 | Meghalaya         | 10.07.2021   |     129 |      29 |     16 |      3 |     145 |      32 |
|   85 | Uttar Pradesh     | July, 2021   |    3503 |     484 |    131 |    113 |    3634 |     597 |
|   86 | Kerala            | 09.07.2021   |    3985 |     986 |  35541 |  25271 |   39526 |   26257 |
|   87 | Bihar             | July, 2021   |      55 |      45 |    393 |    234 |     448 |     279 |
|   88 | Punjab            | August, 2021 |       0 |       0 |      1 |      1 |       1 |       1 |
|   89 | Andhra            | August, 2021 |     133 |      11 |    229 |    191 |     362 |     202 |
|   90 | Pradesh Karnataka | August, 2021 |    4645 |    4213 |  26249 |  21837 |   30894 |   26050 |
|   91 | Sikkim            | August, 2021 |      39 |       6 |     15 |      3 |      54 |       9 |
|   92 | Mizoram           | August, 2021 |      28 |       7 |      0 |      0 |      28 |       7 |
|   93 | Maharashtra       | August, 2021 |   11680 |     192 |   8737 |   3170 |   20417 |    3362 |

|   94 | Uttar Pradesh         | August, 2021                |   12964 |    2 |    2281 |   1177 |   15245 |   1179 |
|------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|---------|------|---------|--------|---------|--------|
|   95 | Uttarakhand           | September, 2021             |       0 |    0 |      24 |     24 |      24 |     24 |
|   96 | Arunachal Pradesh     | September, 2021             |      38 |    5 |      37 |     12 |      75 |     17 |
|   97 | Manipur               | September, 2021             |     320 |  277 |      66 |     35 |     386 |    312 |
|   98 | Bihar                 | September, 2021             |     224 |  128 |     903 |    457 |    1127 |    585 |
|   99 | Chhattisgarh          | September, 2021             |    8456 | 5576 |     966 |    638 |    9422 |   6214 |
|  100 | Mizoram               | September, 2021             |    1291 |   86 |      61 |     21 |    1352 |    107 |
|  101 | Odisha                | September, 2021             |    5773 |  294 |     108 |      7 |    5881 |    301 |
|  102 | Tripura               | September, 2021             |    1845 |  458 |     866 |    107 |    2711 |    565 |
|  103 | Karnataka             | September, 2021             |       0 |    0 |    6947 |   6075 |    6947 |   6075 |
|  104 | Andhra Pradesh        | September, 2021             |     126 |   12 |     159 |    145 |     285 |    157 |
|  105 | Telangana             | September, 2021             |      10 |    9 |     278 |    144 |     288 |    153 |
|  106 | Delhi                 | September, 2021             |    2263 |  223 |   28390 |  23366 |   30653 |  23589 |
|  107 | Sikkim                | September, 2021             |      45 |   18 |      19 |      5 |      64 |     23 |
|  108 | Jharkhand             | September, 2021             |   19026 | 6114 |    1960 |   1147 |   20986 |   7261 |
|  109 | Uttar Pradesh         | September, 2021             |       0 |    0 |     107 |     18 |     107 |     18 |
|  110 | Maharashtra           | September, 2021             |    3328 | 1829 | 1651648 | 337351 | 1654976 | 339180 |
|  111 | Meghalaya             | September, 2021             |       4 |    4 |       6 |      2 |      10 |      6 |
|  112 | West Bengal           | September, 2021             |    2084 |  118 |     704 |    543 |    2788 |    661 |
|  113 | Delhi                 | October, 2021               |    1205 | 1166 |       0 |      0 |    1205 |   1166 |
|  114 | Telangana             | October, 2021               |       0 |    0 |       1 |      1 |       1 |      1 |
|  115 | Mizoram               | October, 2021               |      30 |    7 |       0 |      0 |      30 |      7 |
|  116 | Meghalaya             | October, 2021               |       0 |    0 |       1 |      1 |       1 |      1 |
|  117 | Andhra                |                             |       0 |    0 |      78 |     72 |      78 |     72 |
|  118 | Pradesh Uttar Pradesh | October, 2021 October, 2021 |      17 |    3 |     159 |     14 |     176 |     17 |
|  119 | Sikkim                | October, 2021               |      39 |   19 |      16 |      6 |      55 |     25 |
|  120 | Uttar Pradesh         | November, 2021              |       0 |    0 |     860 |    298 |     860 |    298 |
|  121 | Andhra                | November, 2021              |       0 |    0 |     629 |    623 |     629 |    623 |

|     | Pradesh           |                |         |         |         |        |         |         |
|-----|-------------------|----------------|---------|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------|
| 122 | West Bengal       | November, 2021 |     196 |       8 |     348 |    339 |     544 |     347 |
| 123 | Delhi             | November, 2021 |     443 |     443 |       0 |      0 |     443 |     443 |
| 124 | Mizoram           | November, 2021 |     155 |      36 |       1 |      1 |     156 |      37 |
| 125 | Sikkim            | November, 2021 |      42 |       2 |      19 |      1 |      61 |       3 |
| 126 | Delhi             | December, 2021 |    1985 |    1840 |       0 |      0 |    1985 |    1840 |
| 127 | Arunachal Pradesh | December, 2021 |      25 |       0 |       5 |      0 |      30 |       0 |
| 128 | Karnataka         | December, 2021 |     854 |      32 |    5438 |   4805 |    6292 |    4837 |
| 129 | West Bengal       | December, 2021 |       0 |       0 |     340 |    266 |     340 |     266 |
| 130 | Telangana         | December, 2021 |      14 |      14 |     519 |    433 |     533 |     447 |
| 131 | Maharashtra       | December, 2021 | 3624341 | 1214039 |    2190 |   2148 | 3626531 | 1216187 |
| 132 | Andhra Pradesh    | December, 2021 |       7 |       7 |     736 |    711 |     743 |     718 |
| 133 | Punjab            | December, 2021 |     101 |       4 |     348 |    221 |     449 |     225 |
| 134 | Manipur           | December, 2021 |     129 |     119 |       0 |      0 |     129 |     119 |
| 135 | Mizoram           | December, 2021 |      76 |      10 |       0 |      0 |      76 |      10 |
| 136 | Chhattisgarh      | December, 2021 |       5 |       5 |     384 |    330 |     389 |     335 |
| 137 | Sikkim            | December, 2021 |      72 |      20 |      32 |     13 |     104 |      33 |
| 138 | Uttar Pradesh     | December, 2021 |  184776 |  133404 |   49984 |  33524 |  234760 |  166928 |
|     | Grand Total       |                | 4230308 | 1529519 | 2463646 | 817796 | 6693954 | 2347315 |