Lok Sabha Question No. 1536 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Nyaya Mitra Yojana
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1536

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 10 th  FEBRUARY 2023

## Nyaya Mitra Yojana

## 1536.   SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

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

- (a) the aims and objective of Nyaya Mitra Yojana ;
- (b) whether  assistance  is  also  provided  to  the  poor  communities  through  Nyaya Mitra for redressal of  their disputes ;
- (c) if so, the details of measures taken/being taken to provide immediate assistance to the people of tribal areas of Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) the  details  of    Nyaya  Mitras  proposed  to  be  engaged  in  the  district  courts  of Uttar Pradesh;
- (e) whether about 100 Nyaya Mitras have been engaged in various district courts of the country; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof particularly in Uttar Pradesh?

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

(a) to (c) Nyaya Mitra Yojana was launched in April, 2017 with the objective to reduce pendency of cases in the Courts. It aims to facilitatethrough the Nyaya Mitra disposal of  10  to  15  years  old  cases  which  would  include  civil  cases  such  as  matrimonial, accident claim cases and also criminal cases pending in High Courts and Subordinate Courts.Nyaya Mitra (NM) is a retired judicial officer/executive officer, having legal degree/background  located  at  High  Courts/District  Courts.  NM  in  these  districts  is engaged  through  inviting  nominations  from  the  Registrar  General  (RGs)  of  High Courts of the identified States.

(d) to (f) Since the introduction of Nyaya Mitra programme, a total of 39 Nyaya Mitras were positioned in various districts courts of the States of Assam, Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. However no Nyaya Mitra could be engaged during the year 2020-2021 due to Covid Pandemic leading to closure of physical courts and observance of other covid appropriate protocol including social distancing.  For  the  year  2021-2022,  11  Nyaya  Mitras  have  been  engaged  in  the  11 District  Courts  of  the  country.  State/UT-wise  details  of  engaged  Nyaya  Mitra  is  at Annexure-A. In the State of Uttar Pradesh, during the year 2017-18, three (3) Nyaya Mitras  were  engaged  one  each  at  Gorakhpur,  Meerut  and  Varanasi  District  Court. Further,  during  the  year  2019-20,  one(1)  Nyaya  Mitra  was  engaged  at  Allahabad District  Court  and  in  the  year  2021-2022,  two(2)  Nyaya  Mitras  were  engaged  from April 2022 one each at Agra and Allahabad District Court.

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## Statement as referred to in reply to part (f) Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1536 for answering on 10.02.2023 raised by SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP MP  on Nyaya Mitra Yojana

## A State-wise Statement containing number of Nyaya Mitra engaged from 2017-2022

| S.No   | State         | Year 2017-2018   | Year 2018-2019   | Year 2019-2020   | Year 2020- 2021   | Year 2021- 2022   |   Total |
|--------|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------|
| 1      | Assam         | -                | -                | -                | NIL*              | 02                |      02 |
| 2      | Bihar         | 01               | -                | -                | NIL*              | -                 |      01 |
| 3      | Maharashtra   | -                | -                | 03               | NIL*              | 01                |      04 |
| 4      | Odisha        |                  |                  | 02               | NIL*              | 02                |      04 |
| 5      | Rajasthan     | 04               | 03               | 02               | NIL*              | 02                |      11 |
| 6      | Tripura       | 01               |                  |                  | NIL*              |                   |      01 |
| 7      | Uttar Pradesh | 05               | -                | 01               | NIL*              | 02                |      08 |
| 8      | West Bengal   | 04               | 01               | 01               | NIL*              | 02                |      08 |
|        | Total         | 15               | 04               | 09               | NIL*              | 11                |      39 |