Haryana Legal Services Authority Conducts E-Lok Adalat

The concept of holding daily e-Lok Adalat has been started by HALSA as initiative to provide one such solution to settle their grievances by use of Alternative Dispute Redressal mechanism.

During his address Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, said that owing to success of the E-Lok Adalat and for regular benefit of the litigants, daily e-Lok Adalats will be started from today wherein cases will be taken up by the Courts in the state of Haryana on daily basis by use of Electronic Platform. His lordship further apprised that Haryana State Legal Services Authority has already successfully convened E-Lok Adalat on 18.09.2020 in which a total of 8538 cases were settled. The daily e-Lok Adalat is an another step forward to build on the foundation already laid.

He highlighted the difficulties being faced by litigants and recognized the efforts put up by HALSA through DLSAs by extending all possible help either directly or through District Administration in Lockdown period be it release of prisoners, providing food, distribution of masks, hand sanitizers or timely help to the migrants besides other issues. His Lordship further envisaged the need for maximum use of technology to provide necessary relief and ensure amicable settlement of disputes in Courts and wished that this initiative will be a milestone is providing timely justice to the needy.

Sh. Parmod Goyal, Member Secretary, HALSA stated that E-Daily Lok Adalat will provide much-needed relief to litigants owing to the restrictive working of Courts in view of COVID 19 Pandemic. The event was attended by all the Ld. District and Sessions Judges-cum-Chairpersons; Chief Judicial Magistrates-cum-Secretaries, Presiding Officers of benches of E-daily Lok Adalats, other Judicial Officers, Chairpersons of Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services), litigants, besides other Members of Legal fraternity in the State of Haryana.