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राजस्थान राज्य विधिक सेवा प्राधिकरणRAJASTHAN STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY |
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राजस्थान राज्य विधिक सेवा प्राधिकरणRAJASTHAN STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY |
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Lok Adalat is a system of alternative dispute resolution developed in India. It may be called "People's court". Lok Adalat is a forum where the disputes/cases pending in the court of law or at pre-litigation stage are settled/compromised amicably. The Lok Adalat has been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Under the said 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 and no appeal lies before any court against its award.
NATURE OF CASES TO BE REFERRED TO LOK ADALAT
1. Any case pending before any court.
2. Any dispute which has not been brought before any court and is likely to be filed before the court.
Provided that any matter relating to an offence not compoundable under the law shall not be settled in Lok Adalat.
HOW TO GET THE CASE REFERRED TO THE LOK ADALAT FOR SETTLEMENT
A) Case pending before the court:
If the parties agree to settle the dispute in Lok Adalat or
One of the parties makes an application to the court or
The court is satisfied that that the matter is an appropriate one for settlement in Lok Adalat
B) Any dispute at pre-litigative stage
The State Legal Services Authority or District Legal Services Authority or Taluk Legal Services Committee as the case may be on receipt of an application from any one of the parties to any pre-litigation stage matter refer such matter to the Lok Adalat for amicable settlement
| Year | Total No. cases disposed off |
Total No. of MACT cases disposed off. | Settlement Amount (Rupees) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12789 | 723 | 380676084 |
| 2019 | 7443 |
221 |
115109108 |
| 2020 | 1585 | 67 | 30511497 |
| 2021 | 1338 |
84 |
52204529 |
| 2022 | 1678 |
56 |
77519609 |
| January to December, 2023 | 966 |
14 |
9236691 |
This authority is continuously approaching to organize Lok Adalats in Revenue Courts also.
In this process under direction of Hon'ble Executive Chairman RSLSA .Mega Lok Adalat was organized successfully in the month of June 2012 in Revenue Board Ajmer.In which ---Cases were settled through Lok Adalat which is very much encouraging sign.
Revenue Cases may also be settled through Lok Adalat.Because Pending of Revenue Cases results in generating Crimes.
However, so far applications for Legal Aid have not been filled.This is one area in which more Legal Awareness is needed.
In the Districts also District Collectors were appraised about Lok Adalat and in some Distt. Lok Adalat were held during Ratri Chopals and cases settled through Lok Adalat which also need to be encouraged.
| Year | No. of Cases Taken up | No. of Cases Disposed off | No. of Cases Disposed (more then 10 year old) | Awarded Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, February, 2018. |
270146 | 32472 | 360 | 1957496774 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, April, 2018. |
208743 | 24824 | 345 | 1849345726 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, July, 2018. |
252707 | 35766 | 403 | 2432064794 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, September, 2018. |
216206 | 26546 | 334 | 1766849514 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, 12th January, 2019. |
289015 | 47508 | 643 | 4473133995 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, 9th March, 2019. |
257832 | 36729 | 513 | 2184808434 |
| National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, 13th July, 2019. |
371689 | 78317 | 785 | 6190482081 |
| National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, 14th September, 2019. |
298635 | 45016 | 512 | 2462139149 |
| National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, 14th December, 2019. |
308217 | 52942 | 469 | 3990476838 |
| National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, 8th February, 2020. |
284609 | 46856 | 478 | 2900124776 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 22nd August, 2020. |
72090 | 33546 | 169 | 2700949313 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 12 December 2020. |
214521 | 50028 | 144 | 4343027627 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 10 July, 2021. |
279979 | 76138 | 503 | 6041978776 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 11 Sept, 2021. |
361796 | 81136 | 777 | 5594194844 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 11 December, 2021. |
458407 | 129616 | 804 | 6329607997 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 12 March, 2022. |
700185 | 205579 | 925 | 7965433956 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 14 May, 2022. |
1425183 | 921993 | 1298 | 6403004411 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 13 August, 2022. |
1872467 | 1359121 | 1047 | 8059853833 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 12 November, 2022. |
2686575 | 2084959 | 783 | 8915783683 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 11.02.2023. |
3722839 | 3047589 | 744 | 9461729481 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 13.05.2023. |
5065696 |
3869412 |
697 |
14881636890 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 09.09.2023. |
5498286 |
4696700 |
800 |
12633825647 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 09.12.2023. |
5583510 | 4972370 | 583 | 11944324511 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 09.03.2024. |
3163336 | 2475175 | 884 | 11995321682 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 13.07.2024. |
3526355 | 2786464 | 1516 | 15675845119 |
| National Online/Offline Lok Adalat All Type Cases, 28.09.2024. |
3752009 | 2978654 | 1223 | 11623832559 |
The other type of Lok Adalat is the Permanent Lok Adalat. It is organized under Section 22-B of The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Permanent Lok Adalats have been set up as permanent bodies with a Chairman and two members for providing compulsory pre-litigative mechanism for conciliation and settlement of cases relating to Public Utility Services like transport, postal, telegraph etc. Here, even if the parties fail to reach to a settlement, the Permanent Lok Adalat gets jurisdiction to decide the dispute, provided, the dispute does not relate to any offence. Further, the Award of the Permanent Lok Adalat is final and binding on all the parties.
The jurisdiction of the Permanent Lok Adalats is upto Rs. one Crore . Here if the parties fail to reach to a settlement, the Permanent Lok Adalat has the jurisdiction to decide the case.
The award of the Permanent Lok Adalat is final and binding upon the parties. The Lok Adalat may conduct the proceedings in such a manner as it considers appropriate, taking into account the circumstances of the case, wishes of the parties like requests to hear oral statements, speedy settlement of dispute etc.
| Year | No. of Sittings | Total No. of cases disposed off | Settlement Amount (Rupees) |
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| 2018 | 3670 | 4257 |
192996136 |
| 2019 |
4515 |
5249 |
312886412 |
| 2020 |
1544 | 1412 | 94113914 |
| 2021 |
2638 |
2931 |
180869082 |
| 2022 |
4158 |
4707 |
356083396 |
| January to December, 2023 |
4246 |
5881 |
536321705 |
S.No. |
Name of Judgeship |
Name of Chairman |
Office Landline no. |
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| 1 | Ajmer | Sh. Surya Prakash Kakra | 1452620115 |
| 2 | Alwar | Sh. Gajendra Pal Moga | 0144-2736300 |
| 3 | Balotra-Barmer | Sh. Kailashchand Mishra | - |
| 4 | Banswara | Working District Judge | 02962-240303 |
| 5 | Baran | Working District Judge | 07453-237101 |
| 6 | Bharatpur | Sh. Gambhir Singh | - |
| 7 | Bhilwara | Sh. Shahabuddin | 01482-231007 |
| 8 | Bikaner | Sh. Mahesh Kumar Sharma | 0151-2226103 |
| 9 | Bundi | Working District Judge | 0747-2443938 |
| 10 | Chittorgarh | Sh. Rajendra Prasad Sharma | 01472-294860 |
| 11 | Churu | Indu Pareek | 01562-294594 |
| 12 | Dausa | Sh. Ajay kumar Sharma-I | - |
| 13 | Dholpur | Suresh Prakash Bhatt | 05642-220218 |
| 14 | Dungarpur | Working District Judge | 02964-230365 |
| 15 | Ganganagar | VACANT | 0154-2485977 |
| 16 | Hanumangarh | Sh. Rameshwar Dayal Rohila | 01552-294199 |
| 17 | Jaipur District | Sh. Anoop Kumar Saxena | 0141-2201101 |
| 18 | Jaipur-Metro I | Sh Manoj Kumar Saharia | 0141-2201102 |
| 19 | Jaipur-Metro II | Smt Anita Sharma | - |
| 20 | Jaisalmer | Working District Judge | 02992-251669 |
| 21 | Jalore | Working District Judge | 02973-222235 |
| 22 | Jhalawar | Ajay Kumar Sharma-II | 07432-294065 |
| 23 | Jhunjhunu | Working District Judge | 01592-232751 |
| 24 | Jodhpur District | Working District Judge | --- |
| 25 | Jodhpur-Metro | Sukesh Kumar Jain | --- |
| 26 | Karauli | Working District Judge | 07464-250130 |
| 27 | Kota | Sh Narendra Kumar Sharma | 0744-2323181 |
| 28 | Nagaur-Metra City | Sh. Satish kumar vyas | - |
| 29 | Pali | Sh. Prem Prakash Gupta | 02932-223035 |
| 30 | Pratapgarh | Sh. Buddhi Prakash Changani | 01478-294161 |
| 31 | Rajsamand | Working District Judge | 02952-220165 |
| 32 | Sawaimadhopur | Working District Judge | 07462-220458 |
| 33 | Sikar | Sh. Girish Kumar Sharma | 01572-259270 |
| 34 | Sirohi | Sh. Pradeep Kumar Jain | - |
| 35 | Tonk | Working District Judge | 01432-243058 |
| 36 | Udaipur | Sh. Ravi Prakash Sharma | 0294-2413033 |
| Year | Total No. cases disposed off |
Total No. of MACT cases disposed off. | Total amount Awards in MACT cases in (Rs..) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 43272 | 494 | 9039307 |
| 1986 | 189989 | 1677 | 35404424 |
| 1987 | 83998 | 1012 | 29881056 |
| 1988 | 62255 | 1365 | 29252142 |
| 1989 | 44562 | 1236 | 33649840 |
| 1990 | 47258 | 1750 | 63431350 |
| 1991 | 117146 | 1677 | 57804262 |
| 1992 | 83645 | 1952 | 73430996 |
| 1993 | 79685 | 2975 | 105023612 |
| 1994 | 72503 | 3960 | 165041379 |
| 1995 | 56722 | 3269 | 170100000 |
| 1996 | 65802 | 4368 | 222304547 |
| 1997 | 70817 | 3419 | 181974645 |
| 1998 | 64437 | 3900 | 224742838 |
| 1999 | 354383 | 5273 | 349108827 |
| 2000 | 199416 | 4407 | 292247517 |
| 2001 | 179270 | 4006 | 237642842 |
| 2002 | 177691 | 5023 | 338543723 |
| 2003 | 118092 | 5371 | 318452439 |
| 2004 | 132293 | 3384 | 190566473 |
| 2005 | 108084 | 2486 | 177933549 |
| 2006 | 119109 | 4318 | 318611567 |
| 2007 | 122511 | 3731 | 300417800 |
| 2008 | 110156 | 2856 | 245882855 |
| 2009 | 121626 | 2148 | 239928770 |
| 2010 | 128807 | 2728 | 724725230 |
| 2011 | 373506 | 7573 | 936803422 |
| 2012 | 305450 | 3104 | 436659035 |
| 2013 | 348696 | 7833 | 1190773755 |
| 2014 | 363486 | 9278 | 1694262933 |
| 2015 | 361083 | 6381 | 1498869580 |
| 2016 | 85677 | 2642 | 757935883 |
| 2017 | 98579 | 1250 | 509992289 |
| Year | No. of Cases Taken up | No. of Cases Disposed off | Amount Awarded in MACT Cases |
|---|---|---|---|
2011 |
738833 |
297893 |
823429218 |
2012 |
525744 |
127687 |
358738425 |
2013 |
358300 |
88240 |
321101070 |
First National Lok Adalat Nov. 2013 |
476214 |
254922 |
961506110 |
2014 |
281606 |
136486 |
543182030 |
IInd National Lok Adalat 2014 |
1079523 |
822780 |
947831176 |
Mega Lok Adalat Jan. 2015 |
80958 |
11591 |
43160681 |
National Lok Adalat for Bank & 138 N.I. Act cases Feb. 2015 |
81062 |
16387 |
350853079 |
Mega Lok Adalat March 2015 |
56685 |
9404 |
47025739 |
National Lok Adalat for Revenue, MNERGA, Land Acquisition cases March 2015 |
58067 |
49857 |
71354247 |
National Lok Adalat for labour and family cases - April 2015 |
14623 |
994 |
8510151 |
National Lok Adalat for MACT cases - May 2015 |
10636 |
1742 |
359301386 |
National Lok Adalat Public Utilities Services, July-2015 |
9504 |
1351 |
11719078 |
National Lok Adalat Banking Cases, August-2015 |
74002 |
14116 |
280460719 |
National Lok Adalat Criminal Cases, September , 2015 |
28794 |
2020 |
22585730 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to Traffice, Petty Matters and Municipal Matters October 2015 |
64043 |
56296 |
35661897 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating all type December 2015 |
171720 |
79027 |
1374763171 |
Mega Lok Adalat pension cases & others Jan. 2016 |
4950 |
750 |
- |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating Bank & 138 N.I. Act cases Feb. 2016 |
87743 |
17205 |
482208265 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating Civil & Revenue Matters march 2016 |
58115 |
34350 |
74703820 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating Labour & Family cases April 2016 |
15878 |
1969 |
15783663 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating MACT, Insurance & Other cases May 2016 |
15635 |
4301 |
501061274 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating Public Utilities Services July 2016 |
7222 |
1095 |
17841159 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating Banking August-2016 |
68977 |
13660 |
351656852 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating Criminal compoundable September-2016 |
33114 |
4618 |
77315499 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to Traffice, Petty Matters and Municipal Matters October 2016 |
45962 |
26095 |
85470879 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, Febuary, 2017 |
432229 |
131329 |
2360070431 |
| National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, April, 2017 | 204740 | 27880 | 1096528422 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, September, 2017 |
247706 |
28029 |
1900827606 |
National Lok Adalat Cases relating to All Type Cases, December, 2017 |
290381 |
35196 |
2077979683 |
| Year | Total No. of Sittings | Total No. of cases disposed off | Amount of Compensation Awarded (In Rs.) |
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| 19-8-2002 to 2004 | 1336 | 2065 | 9228833.00 |
| 2005 | 716 | 1148 | 1080299.00 |
| 2006 | 1107 | 1849 | 22981622.68 |
| 2007 | 1091 | 1584 | 22672997.31 |
| 2008 | 845 | 1115 | 7122485 |
| 2009 | 1126 | 1268 | 4273159 |
| 2010 | 862 | 1107 | 5103647. 40 |
| 2011 | 1207 | 1611 | 9402466 |
| 2012 | 844 | 1139 | 4060248 |
| 2013 | 405 | 895 | 2906128 |
| 2014 | 04 | 66 | ---- |
| 2015 | 362 | 819 | 3240902 |
| 2016 | 1679 | 2135 | 67880282 |
| 2017 | 2664 | 3000 | 96956137 |