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National Lok Adalats

National Lok Adalats

  • National Lok Adalats settled more than 11.60 lakh cases in all 75 districts of the state and an amount of more than Rs 624 crore was settled.
  • Also, more than 7,500 cases were disposed of involving a settlement amount of ₹2.79 crores at the Lok Adalats held in Gurugram as part of the second National Lok Adalat in 2021.

Lok Adalat:

  • Lok Adalat is a forum where the disputes/cases pending in the court of law or at the pre-litigation stage are settled/compromised amicably.
  • The Lok Adalats are formed to fulfill the promise given by the preamble of the Indian Constitution– securing Justice – social, economic, and political of every citizen of India.
  • The Lok Adalat has been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
  • Under the Act, the award made by the Lok Adalats is deemed to be the decree of a civil court and is final and binding on all parties.
  • No appeal lies before any court against its award.
  • There is no court fee payable when a dispute is filed in a Lok Adalat.
  • The first Lok Adalat camp was organised in Gujarat in 1982 as a voluntary and conciliatory agency without any statutory backing for its decisions.
  • National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) along with other Legal Services Institutions conducts Lok Adalats.
  • National Level Lok Adalats are held at regular intervals where on a single day Lok Adalats are held throughout the country, in all the courts right from the Supreme Court till the Taluk Levels wherein cases are disposed of in huge numbers.
  • Continuous LokAdalat: A LokAdalat bench sits continuously for a set number of days to facilitate settlements by deferring unsettled matters to the next date and encouraging parties to reflect on the terms of the mutually accepted settlement before actual settlement.
  • Mobile LokAdalat: These are organised by taking the LokAdalat set up in a Multi-utility van to different areas for resolving petty cases and also spreading legal awareness in the area.

Composition:

  • The Lok Adalat is chairman, two members, and one social worker.
  • The chairman must be a sitting or retired judicial officer.
  • The other two members should be a lawyer

National Legal Services Authority (NALSA):

  • NALSA was constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
  • It came into force on 9th November 1995.
  • It was formed to establish a nationwide uniform network for providing free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society.

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