Lok Sabha Question No. 122 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Lok Adalats
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Sanjay Jaiswal

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *122 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 28 th  JULY, 2021.

## Lok Adalats

## * 122. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to set up more 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  Lok  Adalats presently functioning in various States;
- (c) the number of cases cleared by the Lok Adalats during the last three years, State-wise; 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 (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO. * 122  FOR  ANSWER  ON 28.07.2021 REGARDING 'LOK ADALATS'.

(a) to (c) Lok  Adalat is an important Alternative Disputes Resolution Mechanism available to common people. It is a forum where the disputes/cases pending in the  court  of  law  or  at  pre-litigation  stage  are  settled/compromised amicably.  Under  the  Legal  Services  Authorities  (LSA)  Act,  1987,  an  award made by a Lok Adalat is deemed to be a decree of a civil court and is final and binding  on  all  parties  and  no  appeal  lies  against  thereto  before  any  court.  In order to reduce the pendency of cases in courts and also to settle the disputes at pre-litigation stage, Lok Adalats are organized by Legal Services Institutions at such  intervals  as  it  deems  fit.  Lok  Adalat  is  not  a  permanent  establishment. However,  as  per  Section  19  of  the  LSA  Act,  Lok  Adalats  are  organized  by Legal  Services  Institutions  as  per  requirement.  National  Lok  Adalats  are organized simultaneously in all Taluks, Districts and High Courts on a pre-fixed date. In addition, Section 22B of the LSA Act also provides for establishment of Permanent Lok Adalat by every State Authority to deal with cases of public are functioning  in  various  States  &  UTs.  State-wise  Permanent  Lok  Adalats  and

utility services at pre-litigation stage. 356 Permanent Lok Adalats cases  settled  is  at  Annexure-A.  State-wise  cases  settled  (both  at  pre-litigative stage and pending cases) by State Lok Adalats and National Lok Adalats during the last three years is at Annexure B and C respectively. To  facilitate  access  to  justice  during  COVID  times,  the  Legal  Services Authorities have ingeniously integrated technology into conventional methods of justice delivery and moved  Lok  Adalat  to the Virtual Platform on 27.06.2020.  From  June,  2020  to  May,  2021,  more  than  4.42  lakh  cases  have been disposed of by these E-Lok Adalats.

(d) State-wise details of cases disposed of (both Pre-litigative and pending cases of  High  Courts  and  Lower  courts)  in  State  Lok  Adalats  and  National  Lok Adalats are at Annexure B and C respectively.

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## Statement as referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 122 for 28.07.2021 raised by

## Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal - Lok Adalats

A Statement containing the information of cases settled by Permanent Lok Adalats (Public Utility Services) during the last three calendar years viz. 2018 to 2020 and the current year 2021 (upto May)

|   S. No | SLSA                     |   PLAs Functioning |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 (upto May) |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------|--------|--------|--------|-------------------|
|       1 | Andaman& Nicobar Islands |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                  9 |   1966 |   1317 |    980 |               839 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|       4 | Assam                    |                 11 |     99 |     34 |      5 |                19 |
|       5 | Bihar                    |                  9 |    422 |    521 |    301 |                82 |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh             |                  5 |    151 |     67 |     37 |                25 |
|       7 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|       8 | Daman &Diu               |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|       9 | Delhi                    |                  3 |  17262 |  14376 |  11854 |              8898 |
|      10 | Goa                      |                  2 |    109 |     57 |      0 |                30 |
|      11 | Gujarat                  |                  4 |    553 |    110 |     10 |               105 |
|      12 | Haryana                  |                 21 |  39585 |  37213 |  16191 |              5029 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh         |                  4 |     69 |     95 |     21 |                 8 |
|      14 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|      15 | Jharkhand                |                 24 |   3215 |   8649 |   3137 |              1009 |
|      16 | Karnataka                |                  6 |   4841 |   4547 |   4635 |              1293 |
|      17 | Kerala                   |                  3 |    629 |    298 |    310 |               103 |
|      18 | Lakshadweep              |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh           |                 50 |   2936 |    378 |    264 |               146 |
|      20 | Maharashtra              |                  4 |   5567 |   2848 |    610 |               110 |
|      21 | Manipur                  |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|      22 | Meghalaya                |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|      23 | Mizoram                  |                  2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|      24 | Nagaland                 |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|      25 | Odisha                   |                 22 |   1195 |   1424 |   1434 |               650 |
|      26 | Puducherry               |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|      27 | Punjab                   |                 22 |  11699 |   6723 |   3818 |              2593 |
|      28 | Rajasthan                |                 35 |   4257 |   4095 |   1411 |               643 |
|      29 | Sikkim                   |                  0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 0 |
|      30 | Tamil Nadu               |                 32 |      0 |     20 |     52 |                79 |
|      31 | Telangana                |                  6 |   5091 |   2128 |   1591 |               525 |
|      32 | Tripura                  |                  6 |    173 |    177 |     31 |                 0 |

| 33   | Chandigarh    |   1 |   1779 |   514 |   130 |   113 |
|------|---------------|-----|--------|-------|-------|-------|
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |  71 |   2447 |  1007 |   393 |   265 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   |   4 |    104 |   282 |   260 |   363 |
| 36   | West Bengal   |   0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| 37   | Ladakh        |   0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |
|      | Grand Total   | 356 | 104149 | 86880 | 47475 | 22927 |

Note: Ladakh Legal Services Authority was constituted in the month of February, 2021.

## Statement as referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 122 for 28.07.2021 raised by Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal - Lok Adalats

| S.No.   | Name of the State Authority   | 2018 to 2020 and 2018             | 2018 to 2020 and 2018     | 2019                              | 2019                      | 2020                              | 2020                      | 2021 (upto May)                   | 2021 (upto May)           |
|---------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the State Authority   | Disposal of Pre- litigation cases | Disposal of Pending cases | Disposal of Pre- litigation cases | Disposal of Pending cases | Disposal of Pre- litigation cases | Disposal of Pending cases | Disposal of Pre- litigation cases | Disposal of Pending cases |
| 1       | Andaman& Nicobar Islands      | 75                                | 0                         | 99                                | 191                       | 84                                | 6                         | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                | 2740                              | 11490                     | 2057                              | 10357                     | 783                               | 22994                     | 859                               | 10878                     |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh             | 15                                | 15                        | 74                                | 49                        | 13                                | 12                        | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 4       | Assam                         | 1942                              | 76649                     | 741                               | 40631                     | 112                               | 144                       | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 5       | Bihar                         | 2121                              | 208                       | 1035                              | 154                       | 211                               | 113                       | 75                                | 22                        |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                  | 396                               | 5045                      | 690                               | 3234                      | 1                                 | 2436                      | 13                                | 1192                      |
| 7       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli           | 0                                 | 0                         | 2                                 | 3                         | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 8       | Daman &Diu                    | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 9       | Delhi                         | 2556                              | 0                         | 15882                             | 2333                      | 1642                              | 19329                     | 4445                              | 171058                    |
| 10      | Goa                           | 43                                | 209                       | 51                                | 32                        | 0                                 | 1                         | 65                                | 712                       |
| 11      | Gujarat                       | 2071                              | 15273                     | 1364                              | 22560                     | 1145                              | 15922                     | 2365                              | 6727                      |
| 12      | Haryana                       | 0                                 | 146409                    | 0                                 | 134509                    | 3627                              | 48453                     | 0                                 | 31639                     |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh              | 102                               | 69813                     | 0                                 | 80117                     | 1814                              | 9557                      | 0                                 | 114                       |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir                | 3692                              | 6667                      | 2191                              | 14402                     | 1208                              | 4720                      | 1058                              | 4162                      |
| 15      | Jharkhand                     | 3304                              | 8499                      | 2562                              | 7393                      | 71009                             | 11257                     | 1770                              | 3938                      |
| 16      | Karnataka                     | 7425                              | 87419                     | 2957                              | 48142                     | 7668                              | 126440                    | 47                                | 2618                      |
| 17      | Kerala                        | 26974                             | 5986                      | 20025                             | 5014                      | 5309                              | 1235                      | 2964                              | 1139                      |
| 18      | Lakshadweep                   | 201                               | 0                         | 2                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh                | 530                               | 3391                      | 1088                              | 8049                      | 695                               | 11172                     | 265                               | 4977                      |
| 20      | Maharashtra                   | 14                                | 809                       | 1302                              | 6786                      | 2                                 | 134                       | 0                                 | 511                       |
| 21      | Manipur                       | 28                                | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         | 14                                | 7                         | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 22      | Meghalaya                     | 86                                | 90                        | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 23      | Mizoram                       | 403                               | 59                        | 383                               | 119                       | 126                               | 72                        | 31                                | 49                        |
| 24      | Nagaland                      | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 25      | Odisha                        | 98                                | 137329                    | 29                                | 53615                     | 173                               | 13026                     | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 26      | Puducherry                    | 723                               | 261                       | 786                               | 180                       | 169                               | 159                       | 29                                | 216                       |
| 27      | Punjab                        | 6494                              | 22282                     | 364                               | 5884                      | 0                                 | 396                       | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 28      | Rajasthan                     | 3155                              | 9634                      | 1293                              | 6150                      | 4609                              | 30522                     | 64                                | 648                       |
| 29      |                               | 533                               | 293                       | 428                               | 7863                      | 211                               | 46                        | 2581                              | 37                        |
| 30      | Sikkim Tamil Nadu             | 9776                              | 7662                      | 8775                              | 137                       | 4298                              | 8295                      | 39                                | 3581                      |
| 31      | Telangana                     | 3481                              | 9621                      | 5651                              | 8071                      | 3655                              | 18787                     | 1862                              | 3396                      |
| 32      | Tripura                       | 272                               | 55902                     | 723                               | 31653                     | 940                               | 40                        | 152                               | 6239                      |

| 33   | Chandigarh    |     82 |      1 |    30 |      0 |      7 |      0 |    14 |      0 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|-------|--------|
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |  16249 |  25824 |  1889 |   4710 |     36 |  62336 | 31884 |   6778 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   |      4 |  10545 |    26 |  27495 |    217 |   3487 |     0 |   3693 |
| 36   | West Bengal   | 510776 |  34217 |  9667 |  12660 |   2654 |  15263 |   789 |   3716 |
| 37   | Ladakh        |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
|      | Grand Total   | 606361 | 751602 | 82166 | 542493 | 112432 | 426361 | 51371 | 268040 |

Note: Ladakh Legal Services Authority was constituted in the month of February, 2021.

## Annexure-C

## Statement as referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 122 for 28.07.2021 raised by Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal - Lok Adalats

Statement containing the information of  cases settled in National Lok Adalats during the year viz,  2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 (upto July,21).

| S.No.   | Name of the State Authority   | 2018                              | 2018                      | 2019                              | 2019                      | 2020                              | 2020                      | 2021 (upto July)                  | 2021 (upto July)          |
|---------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the State Authority   | Disposal of Pre- litigation Cases | Disposal of Pending Cases | Disposal of Pre- litigation Cases | Disposal of Pending Cases | Disposal of Pre- litigation Cases | Disposal of Pending Cases | Disposal of Pre- litigation Cases | Disposal of Pending Cases |
| 1       | Andaman& Nicobar Islands      | 0                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         | 84                                | 164                       | 32                                | 873                       |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                | 28996                             | 66021                     | 8224                              | 89191                     | 1504                              | 36392                     | 1551                              | 33284                     |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh             | 947                               | 391                       | 399                               | 189                       | 34                                | 70                        | 171                               | 138                       |
| 4       | Assam                         | 19841                             | 11351                     | 16434                             | 5162                      | 9100                              | 3088                      | 8131                              | 3275                      |
| 5       | Bihar                         | 151050                            | 19933                     | 144071                            | 20913                     | 59246                             | 7205                      | 31091                             | 8593                      |
| 6       | Chandigarh                    | 326                               | 11457                     | 907                               | 10281                     | 18                                | 2551                      | 23                                | 2259                      |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                  | 36340                             | 34022                     | 20762                             | 36886                     | 5507                              | 18957                     | 20620                             | 16657                     |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli           | 10                                | 160                       | 1860                              | 161                       | 1657                              | 111                       | 0                                 | 52                        |
| 9       | Daman &Diu                    | 37                                | 70                        | 198                               | 51                        | 0                                 | 31                        | 0                                 | 57                        |
| 10      | Delhi                         | 12022                             | 63524                     | 28065                             | 43312                     | 9095                              | 73911                     | 12                                | 26312                     |
| 11      | Goa                           | 1438                              | 1266                      | 456                               | 1109                      | 122                               | 229                       | 6                                 | 211                       |
| 12      | Gujarat                       | 41818                             | 95287                     | 43469                             | 149681                    | 12882                             | 28702                     | 24345                             | 278697                    |
| 13      | Haryana                       | 32984                             | 58157                     | 40633                             | 62665                     | 12906                             | 17392                     | 10153                             | 29004                     |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh              | 4943                              | 15355                     | 10695                             | 14737                     | 3023                              | 2948                      | 6758                              | 6828                      |
| 15      | Jammu& Kashmir                | 19312                             | 40018                     | 8944                              | 23233                     | 2613                              | 10645                     | 10126                             | 18115                     |
| 16      | Jharkhand                     | 47385                             | 24673                     | 33098                             | 16130                     | 33205                             | 19947                     | 29180                             | 18151                     |
| 17      | Karnataka                     | 14830                             | 85127                     | 32020                             | 249829                    | 20870                             | 313811                    | 19113                             | 313823                    |
| 18      | Kerala                        | 66208                             | 39805                     | 83528                             | 45201                     | 10959                             | 4051                      | 4380                              | 28312                     |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                   | 103                               | 0                         | 1                                 | 3                         | 8                                 | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                | 191949                            | 118620                    | 157676                            | 76757                     | 78344                             | 30021                     | 76654                             | 32119                     |
| 21      | Maharashtra                   | 660134                            | 148491                    | 334306                            | 94070                     | 161993                            | 53844                     | 0                                 | 0                         |
| 22      | Manipur                       | 1600                              | 89                        | 1917                              | 77                        | 176                               | 28                        | 266                               | 37                        |
| 23      | Meghalaya                     | 447                               | 489                       | 409                               | 286                       | 178                               | 125                       | 255                               | 170                       |
| 24      | Mizoram                       | 1056                              | 20                        | 470                               | 25                        | 179                               | 39                        | 252                               | 44                        |
| 25      | Nagaland                      | 2061                              | 267                       | 829                               | 144                       | 224                               | 27                        | 129                               | 5                         |
| 26      | Odisha                        | 13371                             | 27917                     | 13394                             | 29803                     | 5447                              | 12882                     | 2649                              | 10892                     |
| 27      | Puducherry                    | 670                               | 4075                      | 872                               | 3322                      | 163                               | 1575                      | 18                                | 2343                      |

| 28   | Punjab        |   37627 |   74144 |   20307 |   68709 |    5524 |   27004 |    5060 |   35502 |
|------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 29   | Rajasthan     |   47754 |  117867 |   49890 |  169208 |   23378 |   79682 |   12700 |   63438 |
| 30   | Sikkim        |     141 |      92 |     115 |      50 |      21 |       9 |      26 |      21 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    |  106217 |  369536 |   29909 |  310685 |    7191 |   81628 |    2457 |   47082 |
| 32   | Telangana     |   45114 |   43021 |   56241 |   54597 |   21984 |   25576 |   18129 |   78799 |
| 33   | Tripura       |    2526 |     319 |    3112 |     242 |     225 |     157 |      47 |      62 |
| 34   | Uttarakhand   |    7851 |   26636 |    9113 |   16945 |    2792 |    5296 |     890 |    4356 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh | 1656280 | 1068336 | 1498268 |  986137 |  766688 |  404334 |  738240 |  478533 |
| 36   | West Bengal   |   19250 |   43387 |   25891 |   36999 |    7595 |   21001 |       0 |       0 |
| 37   | Ladakh        |       0 |       0 |       0 |       0 |       0 |       0 |      29 |     464 |
|      | Grand Total   | 3272638 | 2609923 | 2676483 | 2616790 | 1264935 | 1283433 | 1023493 | 1538508 |

Note: Ladakh Legal Services Authority was constituted in the month of February, 2021