Lok Sabha Question No. 962 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Lok Adalats
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †962

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 22 nd  JULY, 2022

## Lok Adalats

## †962. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

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

- (a) the  details  of  Lok  Adalats  organized/proposed  to  be  organized  in  rural  areas  of  the country during the last three years and the current year, State-wise and location-wise;
- (b) the number of cases settled in these Lok Adalats, State-wise and year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to make Lok Adalats more effective; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and  (b)  State/UT-wise  and  year-wise  detail  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  years  and  the  current  year  is  at Annexure-A, Annexure-B and Annexure-C respectively.

Every  year,  NALSA  issues  calendar  for  the  year  for  organising  National  Lok Adalats. During 2022, National Lok Adalats were organized on 12 th March and 14 th May and is further scheduled to be held on 13 th August and 12 th November. State Lok Adalats are organised by State Legal Services Authorities as per local conditions and needs.

- (c) and (d) 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  introduced  which significantly  improved  access  to  justice  for  people  who  were  otherwise  unable  to physically 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 28 States / UTs wherein 188.62 lakh cases were taken up and more than 46.71 lakh cases disposed of.

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Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 962 for answering on 22.07.2022 raised by Shri Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande, MP - Lok Adalats

Statement containing the information of  cases disposed of in the State Lok Adalats and benches constituted during the last three years viz. 201920, 2020-21, 2021-22 and the current year 2022-23 (upto May, 2022).

| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT Authority   | 2019-20                    | 2019-20                                                    | 2020-21                    | 2020-21                                                    | 2021-22                    | 2021-22                                                    | 2022-23 (upto May,22)      | 2022-23 (upto May,22)                                      |
|---------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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& Nicobar Islands         | 2                          | 290                                                        | 1                          | 90                                                         | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                   | 8493                       | 11400                                                      | 3585                       | 30461                                                      | 4874                       | 12123                                                      | 1111                       | 1534                                                       |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                | 47                         | 118                                                        | 6                          | 25                                                         | 24                         | 91                                                         | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 4       | Assam                            | 419                        | 33084                                                      | 6                          | 1                                                          | 136                        | 13672                                                      | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 5       | Bihar                            | 931                        | 1256                                                       | 28                         | 97                                                         | 1                          | 6                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                     | 610                        | 1662                                                       | 491                        | 3475                                                       | 187                        | 228                                                        | 27                         | 30                                                         |
| 7       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli              | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 8       | Daman &Diu                       | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 9       | Delhi                            | 52                         | 16340                                                      | 300                        | 195359                                                     | 250                        | 147103                                                     | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 10      | Goa                              | 5                          | 81                                                         | 8                          | 777                                                        | 30                         | 3209                                                       | 16                         | 731                                                        |
| 11      | Gujarat                          | 4542                       | 20611                                                      | 2851                       | 21880                                                      | 5157                       | 15546                                                      | 972                        | 8577                                                       |
| 12      | Haryana                          | 66040                      | 124952                                                     | 33774                      | 52789                                                      | 54762                      | 115797                                                     | 10909                      | 35880                                                      |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                 | 1865                       | 68651                                                      | 90                         | 3205                                                       | 260                        | 22031                                                      | 51                         | 1984                                                       |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir                   | 145                        | 16774                                                      | 125                        | 9469                                                       | 24                         | 3271                                                       | 0                          | 0                                                          |
| 15      | Jharkhand                        | 743                        | 14341                                                      | 607                        | 79649                                                      | 1310                       | 22954                                                      | 265                        | 1115                                                       |
| 16      | Karnataka                        | 3890                       | 45165                                                      | 1912                       | 121884                                                     | 412                        | 2524                                                       | 48                         | 1227                                                       |
| 17      | Kerala                           | 1972                       | 21408                                                      | 721                        | 4837                                                       | 302                        | 19226                                                      | 78                         | 1119                                                       |

| 18   | Lakshadweep    |      2 |      0 |     0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |
|------|----------------|--------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|-------|-------|
| 19   | Madhya Pradesh |   1166 |  10675 |  1714 |  14903 |   808 |   4110 |   146 |   351 |
| 20   | Maharashtra    |    592 |   7932 |    22 |    605 |     6 |     28 |     1 |     2 |
| 21   | Manipur        |      0 |      0 |     1 |     21 |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |
| 22   | Meghalaya      |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |    23 |     89 |     0 |     0 |
| 23   | Mizoram        |    112 |    552 |    27 |    147 |    17 |    204 |     2 |     3 |
| 24   | Nagaland       |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |
| 25   | Odisha         |    101 |  45210 |   239 |   4628 |    12 |    326 |     0 |     0 |
| 26   | Puducherry     |     49 |    699 |    24 |    392 |    42 |    262 |     8 |    88 |
| 27   | Punjab         |    803 |   4242 |     0 |      0 |   339 |   1108 |     1 |    12 |
| 28   | Rajasthan      |   3689 |   6522 |   607 |  34514 |   786 |    845 |   191 |   226 |
| 29   | Sikkim         |    120 |    560 |   110 |    158 |   110 |    636 |    20 |   202 |
| 30   | Tamil Nadu     |   2181 |  16621 |   767 |  13117 |   759 |  13066 |   112 |   803 |
| 31   | Telangana      |   1862 |  12352 |  1501 |  24327 |  2827 |   7363 |   493 |  1239 |
| 32   | Tripura        |     35 |   7353 |    12 |   6938 |    93 |  11624 |     8 |  1172 |
| 33   | Chandigarh     |     12 |     28 |    26 |      1 |    69 |     37 |     2 |     2 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh  |    197 |   3916 |   200 | 100305 |    57 |  31414 |     3 |  2138 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand    |     72 |  27258 |   121 |   6166 |    25 |   8605 |    21 |  5000 |
| 36   | West Bengal    |   1307 |  25698 |   575 |  13853 |   774 |  74999 |   106 |   501 |
| 37   | Ladakh         |      0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |     4 |     32 |     0 |     0 |
|      | Grand Total    | 102056 | 545751 | 50451 | 744073 | 74480 | 532529 | 14591 | 63936 |

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

Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 962 for answering on 22.07.2022 raised by Shri Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande, MP - Lok Adalats

Statement containing the information of cases disposed of in National Lok Adalats during the last three years viz, 2019, 2020, 2021 and the current year 2022 (upto June, 2022).

| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT Authority   | 2019              | 2020              | 2021              | 2022 (upto June,22)   |
|---------|----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT Authority   | Cases disposed of | Cases disposed of | Cases disposed of | Cases disposed of     |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands         | 0                 | 248               | 3997              | 1574                  |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                   | 97415             | 37896             | 122839            | 265715                |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                | 588               | 104               | 1054              | 435                   |
| 4       | Assam                            | 21596             | 12188             | 39642             | 44890                 |
| 5       | Bihar                            | 164984            | 66451             | 151620            | 130881                |
| 6       | Chandigarh                       | 11188             | 2569              | 16833             | 4378                  |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                     | 57648             | 24464             | 134548            | 474833                |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli              | 2021              | 1768              | 172               | 592                   |
| 9       | Daman &Diu                       | 249               | 31                | 113               | 46                    |
| 10      | Delhi                            | 71377             | 83006             | 154992            | 247758                |
| 11      | Goa                              | 1565              | 351               | 1680              | 2016                  |
| 12      | Gujarat                          | 193150            | 41584             | 748722            | 556192                |
| 13      | Haryana                          | 103298            | 30298             | 123413            | 222639                |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh                 | 25432             | 5971              | 35556             | 36967                 |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir                   | 32177             | 13258             | 166544            | 197183                |
| 16      | Jharkhand                        | 49228             | 53152             | 232473            | 457815                |
| 17      | Karnataka                        | 281849            | 334681            | 1277856           | 1132702               |
| 18      | Kerala                           | 128729            | 15010             | 68681             | 110349                |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                      | 4                 | 8                 | 7                 | 110                   |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                   | 234433            | 108365            | 347333            | 210644                |
| 21      | Maharashtra                      | 428376            | 215837            | 2440375           | 2799775               |
| 22      | Manipur                          | 1994              | 204               | 794               | 732                   |
| 23      | Meghalaya                        | 695               | 303               | 852               | 464                   |
| 24      | Mizoram                          | 495               | 218               | 790               | 2159                  |
| 25      | Nagaland                         | 973               | 251               | 941               | 459                   |
| 26      | Odisha                           | 43197             | 18329             | 35557             | 24799                 |
| 27      | Puducherry                       | 4194              | 1738              | 5084              | 3408                  |
| 28      | Punjab                           | 89016             | 32528             | 138175            | 138913                |
| 29      | Rajasthan                        | 219098            | 103060            | 286834            | 1128235               |
| 30      | Sikkim                           | 165               | 30                | 110               | 148                   |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                       | 340594            | 88819             | 191604            | 223559                |
| 32      | Telangana                        | 110838            | 47560             | 349902            | 1102255               |
| 33      | Tripura                          | 3354              | 382               | 1070              | 1576                  |
| 34      | Uttarakhand                      | 26058             | 8088              | 20882             | 3266946               |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh                    | 2484405           | 1171022           | 5551793           | 4174622               |
| 36      | West Bengal                      | 62890             | 28596             | 133736            | 406970                |
| 37      | Ladakh                           | 0                 | 0                 | 1463              | 829                   |
|         | Grand Total                      | 5293273           | 2548368           | 12788037          | 17373568              |

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

Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 962 for answering on 22.07.2022 raised by Shri Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande, MP - Lok Adalats

Statement containing the information of number of sittings of Permanent Lok Adalats (PUS) and cases settled in these sittings during the last three years viz. 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and the current year 2022-23 (upto May, 2022)

| S. No   |                          | 2019-20                 | 2019-20                       | 2020-21                 | 2020-21                       | 2021-22                 | 2021-22                       | 2022-23 (upto May, 22)   | 2022-23 (upto May, 22)        |
|---------|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S. No   | SLSA                     | 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& Nicobar Islands | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                        | 0                             |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 1384                    | 1608                          | 431                     | 1283                          | 927                     | 1406                          | 169                      | 149                           |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                        | 0                             |
| 4       | Assam                    | 263                     | 38                            | 99                      | 12                            | 141                     | 56                            | 40                       | 9                             |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 1754                    | 688                           | 977                     | 203                           | 482                     | 221                           | 88                       | 59                            |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh             | 918                     | 96                            | 346                     | 32                            | 1045                    | 1199                          | 186                      | 327                           |
| 7       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                        | 0                             |
| 8       | Daman &Diu               | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                        | 0                             |
| 9       | Delhi                    | 516                     | 19439                         | 532                     | 14765                         | 791                     | 17395                         | 131                      | 3142                          |
| 10      | Goa                      | 21                      | 57                            | 24                      | 30                            | 2                       | 0                             | 0                        | 0                             |
| 11      | Gujarat                  | 9                       | 120                           | 1                       | 105                           | 9                       | 2238                          | 1                        | 8                             |
| 12      | Haryana                  | 3578                    | 45839                         | 3413                    | 9654                          | 3547                    | 30960                         | 553                      | 13813                         |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh         | 38                      | 112                           | 6                       | 10                            | 9                       | 11                            | 0                        | 0                             |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir           | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                        | 0                             |
| 15      | Jharkhand                | 2738                    | 10517                         | 3554                    | 1943                          | 5144                    | 32514                         | 871                      | 3713                          |
| 16      | Karnataka                | 1578                    | 6399                          | 1069                    | 3869                          | 1292                    | 5371                          | 217                      | 449                           |
| 17      | Kerala                   | 276                     | 442                           | 336                     | 248                           | 212                     | 1104                          | 46                       | 396                           |
| 18      | Lakshadweep              | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                        | 0                             |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh           | 368                     | 510                           | 455                     | 270                           | 886                     | 574                           | 157                      | 50                            |
| 20      | Maharashtra              | 797                     | 3304                          | 541                     | 249                           | 918                     | 765                           | 162                      | 234                           |
| 21      | Manipur                  | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                       | 0                             | 0                        | 0                             |

| 22   | Meghalaya     |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |    0 |     0 |
|------|---------------|-------|--------|-------|-------|-------|--------|------|-------|
| 23   | Mizoram       |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |    0 |     0 |
| 24   | Nagaland      |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |    0 |     0 |
| 25   | Odisha        |   935 |   1870 |   583 |  1350 |   742 |   1561 |   68 |   163 |
| 26   | Puducherry    |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |    0 |     0 |
| 27   | Punjab        |  4504 |   8391 |  2868 |  3987 |  4538 |   9967 |  814 |  2361 |
| 28   | Rajasthan     |  4545 |   5254 |  1123 |   806 |  2960 |   3228 |  765 |  1027 |
| 29   | Sikkim        |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |    0 |     0 |
| 30   | Tamil Nadu    |   245 |     47 |   236 |    80 |   671 |    272 |  104 |   104 |
| 31   | Telangana     |   181 |   3546 |    66 |   549 |   108 |   6674 |   12 |    63 |
| 32   | Tripura       |   147 |    208 |     1 |     0 |    44 |     81 |   11 |    15 |
| 33   | Chandigarh    |   246 |    582 |   246 |   108 |   240 |    687 |   39 |   558 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |  4274 |   1230 |  2714 |   383 |  3961 |   1087 |  763 |   246 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   |   461 |    379 |   156 |   522 |   484 |    765 |  104 |   120 |
| 36   | West Bengal   |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |    0 |     0 |
| 37   | Ladakh        |     0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |    0 |     0 |
|      | Grand Total   | 29776 | 110676 | 19777 | 40458 | 29153 | 118136 | 5301 | 27006 |

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