Out of them, 94,60,864 were pre-litigation cases (which have not come to the courts) and 19,95,665 litigation cases, which have been pending in various courts.
Telangana settled 6,05,805 out of 6,11,996 pending civil and criminal cases that came to Lok Adalat for speedy disposal. With this, the state has achieved the top disposal percentage of 98.99 per cent of the cases currently under litigation. As to the pre-litigation cases, the Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA) took up 6,41,022 such cases and disposed of 6,33,239 cases with a 98.79 per cent success. In both categories, Telangana topped the case disposal percentage by securing 98.99 per cent and 98.79 per cent disposals.
Telangana High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sujoy Paul, executive chairman of TSLSA, congratulated all the stakeholders who made the third National Lok Adalat a grand success and those who have extended their support in placing the TSLAS on top in the percentage disposed cases.
“On the directions of Chief Justice Aradhe and Justice Paul, the District Legal Services Authorities (DSLAs) have set up 130 pre-Lok Adalat conciliation sitting centres and constituted 230 Lok Adalat benches across the state. With their involvement, the highest percentage of cases were solved,” said Ch. Panchakshari, member secretary of the TSLSA.
