National Lok Adalat to be held in Rajasthan on Saturday

JAIPUR: The first national Lok Adalat of this year will be held in all the courts and tribunals of the state, including the Jodhpur and Jaipur benches of Rajasthan High Court, on Saturday.
Member secretary of Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RSLSA) Pramil Kumar Mathur said pending compoundable criminal cases, cheque dishonour cases, civil cases like recovery of money, tenancy disputes, partition, injunction, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) and all family disputes except divorce, service and revenue matters will be attended to at the Lok Adalat.
He said the Lok Adalat is such a forum where disputes are encouraged to be settled through mutual compromise and so there is no victor and vanquished.
The decision of the Lok Adalat is final and there is no further appeal in courts on these cases.
He said in the National Lok Adalat, parties can apply to the court concerned or to the legal services authority office established in various districts.
Apart from this, applications can also be made through Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority’s (RSLSA) mobile app ‘Nyaya Ro Sathi’.
Member secretary of Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority said there are many benefits of Lok Adalat. Besides getting quick justice, both the parties get a chance to communicate with each other and the judge by themselves or through lawyers before the final disposal of the case.
He further informed that for this Lok Adalat, about 500 benches have been formed across the state up to the taluka level, in which a total of 4,65,614 pre-litigation cases and 3,41,528 cases pending in the courts for a long period are put up.