Lok Sabha Question No. 2740 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-04
Subject: Modernisation of Courts in Ladakh
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2740

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 04 TH  AUGUST, 2023

## Modernisation of Courts in Ladakh

## 2740. SHRI JAMYANG TSERING NAMGYAL :

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  projects  completed/ongoing  under  centrally  sponsored scheme for the development of Infrastructure facilities for Judiciary in Ladakh after the grant of Union Territory (UT) status;
- (b) whether the Government has made efforts to modernize the infrastructure of district courts in Ladakh, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  progress  made  in  this  regard  in  Ladakh  after  the  grant  of  UT status;
- (d) whether  any  other  assistance  is  being  provided  by  the  Government  to  the unprivileged  people  in  Ladakh  to  help  them  in  getting  justice,  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (e) whether Lok Adalat is being set up in the UT of Ladakh, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a): After the grant of UT status to Ladakh in 2019, construction of New District Court Complex building with residential quarters for Judicial Officers as well as for Judicial  Staff  is  going  on  at  Khurbathan,  Kargil.  Construction  of  Munsiff  Court

Complex with residential quarters is also going on at Drass, Sankoo and Zanskar in the Kargil district. Further, the construction of Munsiff Court at Khaltsi along with the residential quarter for the judicial officers has been started in the year 2023 in the district  Leh,  with  completion  target  of  two  years,  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme.

(b): New  Court  Complexes  are  being  constructed  on  modern  infrastructure techniques  with  all  modern  facilities.With  the  aid  and  support  of  the  government under  the Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  for  judicial  infrastructure, the district judiciary is coming up with new projects withall the modern facilities at Melongthang, Leh under the Special Development Package.

(c): The details of the progress of projects on judicial infrastructure in Ladakh after the grant of UT status is at Annexure .

(d) & (e): National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) constituted under the Legal Services Authorities (LSA) Act, 1987 is providing free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society including beneficiaries under Section 12 of the Act,  so  as  to  ensure  that  opportunities  for  securing  justice  are  not  denied  to  any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities; and is also organizing Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunities. For this purpose, the legal services institutions have been setup from the  Taluk  Court  level  to  the  Supreme  Court.  During  last  two  years  (2021-22  and 2022-23)  a  total  of  3119  persons  were  benefited  though  various  legal  services provided by the Ladakh Legal Services Authority.

Apart  from  the  above,  612  Legal  Services  Camps  were  also  organized  by Ladakh  Legal  Services  Authority  to  make  people  aware  about  their  legal  rights during the same period.

In  the  UT  of  Ladakh,  two  Lok  Adalats  were  held  during  the  current  year  in district  Kargil,  for  amicable  settlement  of  cases  between  the parties.  The details of Lok Adalats held in Ladakh are as under:

|   Number of Lok Adalat's Held Post formation of UT. |   Number of cases taken up |   Number of cases disposed off | Settlement amount   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|                                                  16 |                       3313 |                           2762 | Rs. 8,99,32535 /-   |

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Annexure Statement  referred  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2740for  reply  on 04.8.2023 and statement of District-wise projectson judicial infrastructure and the present status of construction in Ladakh.

|   Sl. No. | District   | Project                                          | Present status of construction                                                                              |
|-----------|------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Kargil     | New District Court Complex,Kargil                | Frame structure upto Roof level completed and Slab level of ground floor, first and second floor completed. |
|         1 | Kargil     | New Munsiff/JMIC Court Complex,Drass             | Finishing work in progress.                                                                                 |
|         1 | Kargil     | New Munsiff/JMIC Court Complex, Sankoo           | Trenching work and ground floor completed.                                                                  |
|         1 | Kargil     | New Munsiff/JMIC Court Complex, Zanskar          | Compound wall of court complex and plinth level work under progress.                                        |
|         2 | Leh        | Munsiff Court and residential quarter at Khaltsi | Work has just started in the year 2023 with the completion target of two years.                             |

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