MASLSA organises interactive meeting ahead of upcoming National Lok Adalat
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 05 2022:
As a preparatory measure for the upcoming National Lok Adalat, an interactive meeting was organized by Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLSA) in connection with the first National Lok Adalat for the year 2022 which is to be held on March 12, 2022 .
The meeting was chaired by Justice Lanusungkum Jamir, Judge, High Court of Manipur and Executive Chairman, MASLSA in the presence of Ojesh Mutum, Member Secretary, MASLSA and Sadananda Sorokhaibam, Additional Member Secretary, MASLSA along with Chairpersons and Secretaries of all the District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs), said a press release by MASLSA.
National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) is committed to deliver prompt and inexpensive justice to the citizens.
Recently, it has decided to lay more emphasis on the contribution of National Lok Adalat in effectively reducing the number of pending cases through Alternative Dispute Mechanisms.
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To achieve this goal, the Legal Services Authorities shifted to dynamic preparation strategies for organization of the Lok Adalats.
As a preparatory measure, NALSA started organising prior consultative and review meetings with all the State Legal Services Authorities to guide them towards the maximum disposal during such Lok Adalats.
The said National Lok Adalat will be conducted in offline mode for the pending Court cases.
For pre-litigation matters relating to bank, telephone & others, it will be conducted in online mode through video conferencing.
It is to be noted that due to COVID-19 pandemic, the conventional physical Lok Adalats has now shifted to online Lok Adalats where it will be conducted in virtual mode by using simple video conferencing applications, added the press release.