Lok Sabha Question No. 236 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Lok Adalats
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE, T.G. VENKATESH BABU

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

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 236

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 25 TH FEBRUARY, 2016

## Lok Adalats

- †236. SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE: SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

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

- (a) the number of various Lok Adalats organised during each of the last three years and the current year in the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the number of cases disposed off by these Adalats during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to organise more such Adalats on regular basis in future and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the extent to which these Lok Adalats have helped in reducing the number of pending court cases in the country; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to organise such Adalats more frequently across the country?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

- (a) & (b) A statement showing the number of Lok Adalats organised in various States and number of cases disposed of  (the number of cases includes both pre-litigation and postlitigation  cases)  by  these  Adalats during  the  last  three  calendar  years  is  at  Annexure-I. The details  of  National  Lok  Adalats  organised  during  the  last  three  years  are  given  at Annexure-II.
- (c), (d) and (e) National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) organizes Lok Adalats through the State Legal Services Authority, Supreme Court Legal Services Committee, High Court Legal  Services  Committees,  District  Legal  Services  Authorities  and  Taluk  Legal  Services Committees for  settlement  of  a  large  number  of  cases,  both  at  pre-litigation  and  postlitigation  stages.  In  order  to  reduce  the  pendency  of  cases  in  courts,  the  Legal  Services Institutions  under  the  Legal  Services  Authorities  Act,  1987,  have  been  organizing  Lok

Adalats all  over  the  country  regularly  either  on  a  daily,  fortnightly  or  monthly  basis  in addition to the National and Mega Lok Adalats.

The National Lok Adalats on various subject matters, such as, bank matters/Section 138 of the NI Act, revenue/MNREGA/Land acquisition cases, Labour and family matters, MACT and insurance claims/electricity/Water/telephone/public utility disputes, criminal compoundable matters,  traffic/petty  matters,  municipal  matters  are  being  organized  during the  year  2016,  as  per  the  Calendar  approved  by  the  Hon'ble  Chief  Justice  of  India  and Patron-in-Chief,  NALSA  and  Hon'ble  Executive  Chairman,  NALSA.    The  main  aim  of organizing Lok Adalats is to provide an opportunity to settle disputes within a short period. The State Legal Services Authorities have been issued guidelines/directions by NALSA vide National Legal Services Authority (Lok Adalat) Regulations, 2009 to organize Lok Adalats more effectively and for speedy disposal of cases.

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## Annexure- I

## STATEMENT AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 236 FOR 25.02.2016  REGARDING LOK ADALATS

Statewise number of Lok Adalats organised and number of cases disposed of by these Lok Adalats during the last three calander years 2013, 2014 and 2015.

| S. No   | Name of the State Authorities   | 2013                    | 2013                          | 2014                    | 2014                          | 2015                    | 2015                          |
|---------|---------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|         |                                 | No. of Lok Adalats held | Total number of Cases Settled | No. of Lok Adalats held | Total number of Cases Settled | No. of Lok Adalats held | Total number of Cases Settled |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                  | 14,690                  | 2,12,933                      | 11,956                  | 1,40,634                      | 10,754                  | 1,83,665                      |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh               | 34                      | 624                           | 20                      | 544                           | 40                      | 329                           |
| 3       | Assam                           | 52                      | 62,114                        | 40                      | 98,470                        | 89                      | 60,476                        |
| 4       | Bihar                           | 2,209                   | 42,410                        | 1,217                   | 1,67,686                      | 1,980                   | 3,93,196                      |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                    | 2,039                   | 7,68,845                      | 2,162                   | 41,54,932                     | 2,109                   | 15,23,657                     |
| 6       | Goa                             | 123                     | 654                           | 84                      | 2,905                         | 155                     | 4,173                         |
| 7       | Gujarat                         | 10,973                  | 2,23,270                      | 11,839                  | 3,74,241                      | 13,128                  | 1,72,363                      |
| 8       | Haryana                         | 3,169                   | 1,94,594                      | 62,306                  | 2,46,538                      | 65,451                  | 2,01,056                      |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh                | 732                     | 25,995                        | 2,296                   | 1,10,244                      | 1,472                   | 1,03,809                      |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir                  | 597                     | 63,659                        | 499                     | 1,32,044                      | 602                     | 1,08,792                      |
| 11      | Jharkhand                       | 1,360                   | 1,44,989                      | 4,079                   | 42,60,524                     | 3,382                   | 7,86,845                      |
| 12      | Karnataka                       | 18,788                  | 1,73,226                      | 35,017                  | 11,98,043                     | 21,514                  | 16,86,496                     |
| 13      | Kerala                          | 4,616                   | 44,455                        | 4,495                   | 1,27,625                      | 3,329                   | 1,38,402                      |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh                  | 1,683                   | 20,52,228                     | 1,517                   | 43,25,522                     | 1,237                   | 26,18,017                     |
| 15      | Maharashtra                     | 2,279                   | 4,38,018                      | 2,614                   | 4,06,945                      | 3,764                   | 3,23,833                      |
| 16      | Manipur                         | 16                      | 932                           | 6                       | 322                           | 11                      | 1,667                         |
| 17      | Meghalaya                       | 23                      | 1,000                         | 36                      | 1,854                         | 74                      | 2,888                         |
| 18      | Mizoram                         | 43                      | 402                           | 101                     | 619                           | 67                      | 725                           |
| 19      | Nagaland                        | 27                      | 1,737                         | 31                      | 1,324                         | 74                      | 1,209                         |
| 20      | Odisha                          | 1,054                   | 3,74,443                      | 1,113                   | 1,09,445                      | 1,469                   | 1,75,443                      |
| 21      | Punjab                          | 3,388                   | 3,67,160                      | 3,249                   | 2,59,530                      | 4,191                   | 12,38,597                     |
| 22      | Rajasthan                       | 25,804                  | 3,20,058                      | 21,593                  | 3,63,485                      | 18,441                  | 3,61,896                      |
| 23      | Sikkim                          | 239                     | 1,152                         | 371                     | 775                           | 262                     | 796                           |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                      | 5,733                   | 14,59,974                     | 5,613                   | 40,58,694                     | 4,020                   | 11,53,839                     |
| 25      | Telangana                       | -                       | -                             | 3,381                   | 1,52,238                      | 5,899                   | 2,11,588                      |
| 26      | Tripura                         | 225                     | 26,435                        | 252                     | 35,932                        | 346                     | 52,524                        |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh                   | 3,692                   | 16,61,425                     | 2,600                   | 34,46,277                     | 1,450                   | 11,99,069                     |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                     | 180                     | 55,797                        | 172                     | 22,810                        | 220                     | 30,109                        |
| 29      | West Bengal                     | 1,564                   | 4,03,009                      | 1,501                   | 5,45,096                      | 1,716                   | 3,43,773                      |

| 30   | Andaman and Nicobar Islands   | 8       | 2,048     | 7       | 2,382      | 7        | 127         |
|------|-------------------------------|---------|-----------|---------|------------|----------|-------------|
| 31   | U.T. Chandigarh               | 804     | 79,459    | 719     | 3,43,838   | 967      | 16,656      |
| 32   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli        | 2       | 117       | 1       | 64         | 10       | 193         |
| 33   | Daman and Diu                 | 6       | 1,654     | 4       | 146        | 9        | 119         |
| 34   | Delhi                         | 1,200   | 4,09,541  | 1,097   | 1,27,415   | 925      | 1,35,728    |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                   | 68      | 0         | 13      | 0          |          | 0           |
| 36   | Puducherry                    | 102     | 19,130    | 107     | 7,231      | 106      | 5,711       |
|      | TOTAL                         | 107,522 | 9,633,487 | 182,108 | 25,226,374 | 1,69,270 | 1,32,37,766 |

## REPLY TO PARTS (a) and (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.236 FOR 25.02.2016 REGARDING LOK ADALATS

|   S.No. | Date on which National Lok Adalats (NLA) organised   | Number of cases disposed of in National Lok Adalats (both pre- litigation and post-litigation cases)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | $ 1st NLA on 23.11.2013                              | 72,10,344                                                                                              |
|       2 | # 2nd NLA on 6 &13.12.2014                           | 4,49,17,663                                                                                            |
|       3 | * 14.02.2015                                         | 4,20,665                                                                                               |
|       4 | * 14.03.2015                                         | 41,92,313                                                                                              |
|       5 | * 11.04.2015                                         | 5,31,872                                                                                               |
|       6 | * 09.05.2015 &13.06.2015                             | 3,18,724                                                                                               |
|       7 | *11.07.2015                                          | 8,68,254                                                                                               |
|       8 | *08.08.2015                                          | 3,53,167                                                                                               |
|       9 | *12.09.2015                                          | 5,71,741                                                                                               |
|      10 | *10.10.2015                                          | 16,39,229                                                                                              |
|      11 | 12.12.2015 (All types of cases)                      | 1,34,56,127                                                                                            |
|      12 | *13.02.2016                                          | 2,75,926                                                                                               |

Note:-  * NLA on various subjects matters

- $     In the 1 st National Lok Adalat held on 23.11.2015 in all States/UTs and in the Supreme Court,  the total of 72,10,344 cases were settled, out of which 10,77,582 Criminal cases, 21,22,950 Pre-Litigation cases, 9,19,731 Revenue Cases,  5,22,424 Traffic Challans, 4,16,782  MNREGA cases,  and 21,50,875 cases relating to other categories.
- # In the 2 nd National Lok Adalat held on 06.12.2014 & 13.12.2014 in all 36 States/UTs and in the Supreme Court on 06.12.2014, a total of 4,49,17,663 cases were settled, out of which 40,81,637 cases were pending in Courts.  The remaining break up of 4,08,36,026 cases have been - 1,30,04,343 cases   at Pre-Litigative stage; 26,44,871 MNREGA cases and 2,51,86,812 cases relating to Aadhar/Voter/Ration/BPL cards.