There are 300 + lakh cases pending before India's
judiciary system , comprising ,
>
16,000 Trial Courts
> 21 High
Courts
> Supreme
Court
If you go by the
average rate of disposal during the past decade , it would take more than 100
years to clear this backlog !
Of course , by then , 400 lakh new cases would have
been filed !
So , it came as a pleasant - and welcome - surprise
that , on last Saturday , Lok Adalats managed to clear , 35 lakh cases in 8
hours ! More than 10 % of the outstanding !
In Delhi alone , 300 Lok Adalat benches cleared 366,000
cases , with each bench clearing ( on an average ) , 3 cases per minute !
In Mumbai , the record was clearance of 37,975
cases !
Many were pending for more than 10 years !
What kind of cases ?
> Bounced
cheques
> Bank
Recovery
> Civil
Suits
> Motor
Accident Cases
> Service
Matters
>
Family Matters
> Traffic
Challans
> Loan
Disputes
>
Restoration of Water Connection ..... etc
How did Lok Adalats manage such fantastic rate of
disposal ?
May be because ,
> No lawyer
was present to accuse or defend !
Litigants argued their own
cases . No vested interest to keep the cases going
for ever !
> Lok Adalats
were televised live through web-casting. World was watching
> No court
staff
> Rather than
shuttle between courts for another 20 years , weary litigants
were happy
with any " compromise "
It is said ,
" Justice
delayed is Justice denied "
Our Lok Adalats proved that justice need not be delayed
!
Sam Pitroda ( Chairman , National Innovation Commission
) would agree that this is innovation par excellence !
How about decorating the person who thought of Lok
Adalats in the first place , with a "
Bharat Ratna " ?
* hemen parekh
( 25 Nov
2013 )
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