Last National Lok Adalat for 2021

Imphal, 11th December, 2021

Last National Lok Adalat for 2021

As per the calendar of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), the Manipur State Legal Services Authority in association with High Court Legal Services Committee and District Legal Services Authorities organized the last National Lok Adalat for the year, 2021 on 11th December, 2021 at various places across the state, both in virtual and physical modes.

National Lok Adalat for Imphal East and West district is jointly organized by Manipur State Legal Services Authority in association with Imphal East & Imphal West District Legal Services Authorities at ADR Building, Lamphel Court Complex. National Lok Adalat is also held at Bishnupur, Thoubal, Ukhrul, Senapati, Churachandpur, Chandel districts and in the High Court of Manipur.

The Lok Adalat was conducted in offline mode for the pending court cases. For pre-litigation matters relating to bank, telephone & others, it was conducted in online mode through video conferencing. It is to be noted that due to COVID-19 pandemic, the conventional physical Lok Adalats are now shifted to online Lok Adalats in which lok adalat is conducted in virtual mode by using simple video conferencing applications.

Last National Lok Adalat for 2021

In today’s National Lok Adalat for Imphal East and Imphal West district, 4(four) benches which comprises of Judicial Officers and Advocates were constituted. The High Court Legal Services Committee also organized National Lok Adalat at High Court of Manipur complex in which one Bench comprising of Smt. G. Gaiphulshillu, Registrar General, High Court of Manipur, Shri K. Brajakumar Sharma, Joint Director, Manipur Judicial Academy & Shri Y. Rother, Registrar (Judl.), High Court of Manipur was constituted. For the National Lok Adalat held at High Court of Manipur, 9 cases were put up and out of which 2 cases pertaining to matrimonial cases have been settled.

For the state of Manipur, altogether, 1927 cases (both pending & pre-litigation cases) were referred from the various Courts, Legal Aid Clinics, Tribunals, Banks for today’s National Lok Adalat. However, only 355 cases were taken up today and out of which 175 cases were settled with total settlement amount of Rs. 1,93,45,211/- (Rupees one crore ninety-three lakh forty-five thousand two hundred and eleven) only.

Last National Lok Adalat for 2021

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kh. Nobin Singh, Judge, High Court of Manipur & the Executive Chairman of Manipur State Legal Services Authority visited the National Lok Adalat held today at ADR building, Lamphel Court Complex. His Lordship opined that number of pending cases in the courts has been increasing day by day and it has become a big challenge for the Courts to disposed of the cases on time due to lack of manpower and infrastructures.

In such challenging times, Lok Adalat has a very important role to play for disposal of pending cases in the courts by way of negotiation and amicable settlement. Thus, all the citizens should be made aware of Lok Adalat and that cases can be settled through this mechanism without spending much time and money.

It is to be mentioned that this is the last National Lok Adalat for the year, 2021 as per the Calendar prescribed by National Legal Services Authority. During this year, Manipur State Legal Services Authority organised a total of 4 National Lok Adalats in which a total number of 914 cases were settled & disposed of amicably with total settled amount of Rs. 8,31,16,469/- (Rupees eight crores thirty one lakhs sixteen thousand four hundred and sixty-nine) only.

MASLSA is thankful to the Presiding Officers, Judicial Officers, ld. Advocates, all the parties, Officials of Bank/ Insurance Companies, News and Print Media for making this programme a success. It is also requested to all the News and Print Media to give wider dissemination of Lok Adalat as well as availability of legal services and Legal Services Institutions in general so that access to justice is enabled for all.

Last National Lok Adalat for 2021

(Ojesh Mutum)
Member Secretary,
Manipur State Legal Services Authority
(ADR Building, Lamphel Court Complex, Imphal West - 795004)