The 1st National Lok Adalat for the year 2024 was organized by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on March 9 in the Taluks, Districts and High Courts in the 34 States and Union Territories.
As per the information available from the State Legal Services Authorities nationwide a total of 1,13,60,144 cases were settled at the 1st National Lok Adalat which includes 17,14,056 pending cases and about 96,46,088 pre-litigation cases.
The reports suggest that approximately ₹8065.29 crore was the value of the total settlement amount in the cases .
The reports also suggest that the number of settled cases are expected to rise as certain State Legal Services Authorities are still to give their figure.
The Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is the executive chairperson led the program which was organised by legal services authorities across the country under the aegis of NALSA.
Due to administrative reasons, the 1st National Lok Adalat was held in Maharashtra, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu on March 3 and it will be held in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka on March 16.