New Delhi: The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) will organise this year’s second national lok adalat across 20 states or Union Territories on May 11.
Lok Adalat is an alternative dispute redressal mechanism where disputes and cases pending in courts of law or at the pre-litigation stage are settled or compromised amicably. It has statutory status and its awards are final.
According to a communication issued by NALSA, the Lok Adalat on May 11 will be held in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand.
“In the rest of the states, it will be organised after the Lok Sabha elections,” the release said.
