Second National Lok Adalat for 2021

10th July, 2021

Second 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 second National Lok Adalat for the year, 2021 on 10th July, 2021 at various places across the state, both in virtual and physical modes.

National Lok Adalat for Imphal East and West district is jointly held 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.

In today’s National Lok Adalat for Imphal East and Imphal West district organized by MASLSA, 3(three) benches were constituted. All the 3(three) benches were conducted in online mode through video conferencing. The first bench comprises of Shri M. Manojkumar Singh, Retd. District & Sessions Judge as Chairperson & Ch. Nanda Devi, Advocate as Member.

The Second Bench comprises of Smt. R.K. Memcha Devi, District & Sessions Judge, Imphal East as Chairperson and B. Supriya Devi, Advocate as Member. The third bench comprises of Smt. A. Noutuneshwari Devi, Retd. District & Sessions Judge as Chairperson and Shri Ch. Momon Singh, Advocate as Member.

The representatives of the Bank/ Insurance companies and the parties are present in the online Lok Adalat through video conferencing. In such challenging times, all modes of virtual communication are adopted for effective communication between the parties.

In today’s National Lok Adalat, a total of 29 pending cases (5 Criminal cases, 5 civil cases, 10 MACT cases, 9 family matters) are disposed of and 102 Pre-litigation matters (98 bank recovery cases, & 4 petty matters) were also settled amicably with total settlement amount of Rs. 1,46,79,803/- (Rupees one crore forty-six lakhs seventy-nine thousand eight hundred and three) only.

Second National Lok Adalat for 2021

It is to be noted that due to COVID-19 pandemic, the conventional physical Lok Adalats are now shifted to e-Lok Adalats in which lok adalat is conducted in virtual mode by using simple video conferencing applications. Online Lok Adalats play an important role in resolving disputes without wasting much time and money and to ensure that access to justice continues during these challenging times.

In addition to the National Lok Adalats which will be held on 11th September and 11th December, 2021, MASLSA will be holding regular State Lok Adalats from time to time. Thus, it is appealed to all the general public, Government Departments, Private Institutions & other bodies to refer all their cases to Manipur State Legal Services Authority or District Legal Services Authorities so that their disputes and cases can be settled amicably at free of cost through Lok Adalats.

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.

Second National Lok Adalat for 2021

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