More Than 1.6 Crore Cases Settled In 3rd National Lok Adalat: NALSA

More than 1.67 Crore cases were settled in 3rd National Lok Adalat organised by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and under the stewardship of Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul  and Executive Chairman, NALSA, in 35 States and UTs, except Delhi and Manipur.

"More than 1.67 Crore cases which include about 32.27 lakh pending cases and about 1.35 crore pre-litigation cases were settled during the 3rd National Lok Adalat. The approximate value of the total settlement amount in these cases is ₹1223.90 crore," stated the press note released by NALSA.

Cases settled by the Lok Adalat includes compoundable offences, revenue cases and bank recovery cases, motor accident claims, matrimonial disputes (except divorce cases), cheque bounce cases, labour disputes and other civil cases.

Justice Kaul stressed upon the need of quick and affordable access to justice to increase the institutional participation of the common man and gave necessary directions to NALSA for future course of upcoming National Lok Adalats, stated the press release.