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Ahmedabad, September 17, 2025
The practice of resolving disputes through Lok Adalats is increasing, and the Lok Adalat system is gaining popularity. On September 13, 2025, the third National Lok Adalat of the year 2025 was held in the state of Gujarat.
13,67,485 cases were placed for settlement. Of these, 8,28,556 cases were settled, with awards worth ₹1,626 crore.
The National Legal Services Authority and the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority are assisting. Cases involving accident compensation, civil claims, criminal disputes involving check bouncing, offenses punishable with fines, marital disputes, and industrial disputes were heard.
4,25,754 pre-trial cases in the state were settled.
Awards worth ₹81 crore were awarded.
380,000 e-challan cases were settled, resulting in recovery of ₹25 crore.
3,471 marital disputes pending in courts across the state were resolved.
Of the pending cases, 400,000 were resolved through Lok Adalats and special meetings, resulting in awards worth ₹1,545 crore.
790 cases older than 10 years were settled through the conciliation system.
All courts in Gujarat are conducting campaigns to target old cases for settlement, with 5,638 cases submitted to the Lok Adalat.
Justice Sunita Agarwal, Chief Patron of the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority, and Justice A.Y. Kongje, Senior Judge of the Gujarat High Court, provided detailed guidance to all district and taluka legal services authorities.
2024
In 2024, 2.1 million cases were settled by four Lok Adalats. In which an amount of ₹5162 crore was settled.
In the last National Lok Adalat of the year 2024, 2.46 lakh out of 3.30 lakh cases were settled.
Awards worth ₹1270 crore were drawn.
How many cases were settled in the year 2024?
3304 cases of marital disputes, the highest in the state, were settled in the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Ahmedabad city.
In a motor vehicle accident case, the heirs of the deceased were awarded a whopping ₹1.6 crore compensation against a claim of ₹3 crore by the insurance company. Similarly, in the Ahmedabad Rural Court, the insurance company awarded a whopping ₹91 lakh compensation to the heirs of such a deceased. Out of a total of 15,500 cases in the Metropolitan Court, 11,938 cases were settled in the Lok Adalat.
A total of 330,655 pre-litigation cases were also settled in the state through Lok Adalat.
A total of 2,85,837 e-challan cases were settled, and ₹17.15 crore was recovered.
1,296 cases dating back 10 years were settled.
2023
In 2023, 6,42,150 cases were settled, netting ₹157 crore.
2022-2021 National Court
The National Legal Services Authority organizes Lok Adalats in 36 states. In 2022, 4 million cases were settled in a single day. Compensation worth ₹2,706 crore was also awarded. Of the 13.8 million cases, 11 million were pre-litigation cases. 28.34 lakh cases were pending in court. The last nationwide Lok Adalat under the aegis of NALSA was held on December 11, 2021. More than 2.9 million cases were settled that day.
History
The first National Lok Adalat was held in Gujarat on February 11, 2023. National-level Lok Adalats are held on the same day in all courts across the country, from the Supreme Court to the taluka level, to settle a large number of cases.
2016
The National Lok Adalat was held on 12-11-2016 for all types of cases. 5.146 million cases were filed in Lok Adalats across the country. Of these, 600,000 cases were settled in Madhya Pradesh. 34,219 verdicts were delivered in Gujarat. Madhya Pradesh had 800,000 cases. (Google translation from Gujarati from this website)
