Over 1.14 Crore Cases Settled At 3rd National Lok Adalat Of 2024 Organized By NALSA

The National Legal Services Authority organised the 3rd National Lok Adalat of the year 2024 in the Taluks, Districts and High Courts of 27 States/UTs on September 14. In the remaining States/UTs, the 3rd National Lok Adalat will be held after the prevailing Ganesh Chaturthi and Onam festivities. The present Lok Adalat was organised under the stewardship of Mr Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Executive Chairman, NALSA.

A significant number of 1,14,56,529 cases (One crore fourteen lakh fifty-six thousand five hundred twenty-nine) have been settled at the 3rd National Lok Adalat on 14.09.2024, including 94,60,864 pre-litigation cases (Ninety-four lakh sixty thousand eight hundred sixty-four) and 19,95,665 pending cases (Nineteen lakh ninety-five thousand six hundred sixty-five). This includes the resolution of a wide range of cases including criminal compoundable offences, traffic challans, revenue cases, bank recovery cases, motor accident claims, cheque dishonour cases, labour disputes, matrimonial disputes (excluding divorce cases), land acquisition cases, IPR or consumer matters, and other civil cases. The approximate value of the total settlement amount in these cases was 8482.08 crores (Eight thousand four hundred eighty-two point zero eight). The number of settled cases is expected to rise as reports are awaited from some State Legal Services Authorities.