A total 8,152 benches were constituted by 31 State legal services authorities to hold the national Lok Adalat through virtual and physical mode across the country.
What is National Lok Adalat?
National lok adalats are conducted quarterly.
They settlement the cases (both pre-litigation and post-litigation) in all the courts from the Supreme Court to the taluk courts on a single day.
Lok Adalat
Lok Adalat is conducted by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
It is an alternative method of dispute resolution.
It is a forum where disputes pending in courts or at pre-litigation stage are settled or compromised amicably.
Lok Adalats have been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
Under the Act, the decision made by lok Adalats is deemed to be a decree of a civil court.
The decision is final and binding on all parties and no appeal lies against such an award before any court.
