Summary:
more-inIndia’s legal machinery swung into action on February 10 to clear of over 12 lakh cases during a day-long session of Lok Adalats organised across the country. leads the wayAt the Lok Adalats, 6,40,456 cases were settled in Uttar Pradesh, the highest in all States, followed by Maharashtra, which settled 1,47,051 cases. In Delhi, 12,576 cases was cleared by the Lok Adalats organised in all the district courts in the Capital. Lok Adalats encourage parties to settle cases outside the formal court system. This is only a fraction of pending cases – over three crore at last count – but represents a significant step in clearing the massive backlog..