What is the purpose of the Lok Adalats? UPSC IAS mains Political Science Notes
Lok Adalat (Which also known as People's Court) is one of the Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in India, it is a forum where cases pending on achu or at pre litigation stage in a court of law are settled.
Accepts cases pending in regular court under their jurisdiction.
The Lok Adalat are presided over by Members of Lok Adalat; they have the role of statutory conciliators only and do not have any judicial role, therefore they can only persuade the parties to come to a settlement
The first lok adalat was held in Gujrat in 1982.
First time held in Chennai in 1986.
Mobile Lok Adalats are also organized in various parts of the country which travel from one location to another to resolve disputes in order to facilitate the resolution of disputes through this mechanism.
