Q: What is lok adalat ?

Ans: The establishment of Lok Adalats under the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 is one of the alternative means of dispute resolution or redressal. The preamble of the said Act shows that the Lak Adalats constituted to provide expeditious, economical and competent legal services to the Weaker sections of the society to perform the constitutional obligations on behalf of the State and even the commercial disputes may be adjudicated by the Lok Adalats.
The main purpose of lok adalat is to terminate the pending cases of court.

The lok adalat is constituted for ordinary people.

The lok adalat is for civil cases.

The purpose of alternative dispute resolution is to settle the case with compromise.

Suppose the two parties are demanding different amount in cases and one party demands the settlement at 70 percent amount and the another party demands the settlement at 30 percent amount, the lok adalat will try to make settlement at 50 percent amount.  If the parties compromise on this 50 percent amount, the case will get settled otherwise the case will be transferred to the civil court and civil court will pass the decree on this pending case.

Thus, Lok adalat is a type of alternative dispute resolution and the purpose of lok adalat is the purpose of alternative dispute resolution i.e., to settle the case with compromise.

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