Lok Aolalat ad Legal Sewcs m luoluo

Lok Aolalats au paMa- tudicua int'utions and is t u produt

moder twce'al rjoms aud cwa centdud ascoahtu ug popu s

Cok Adlaat C Lok Nyayaaua) a t
Lh
po
s lowt
VOu a n t Sug9eA
meaus
peop

Aolaloct cnat nuw m luolia, i existd n

he mtteution Lok
deustin w h u n ta
a Soctttes aunol COutnuees ewr cuSe
entemsion
Cuum Toolay Lok Aolalat Cam be aio to be t
cadions m its
troditcomb Nyauya famchayats utt comt huooup
ou
amd cwrataLN'Cs
pumut ouig

out uu COnww
The uodvum vsion Lok Aolalat, howewe , arose

n COmnu' tees t up zo epot u 0r9aiisung Legal aid

(apresseol
Capiiseol by
aund e i alaum envteol udicual circles
to tue pooe
leuls
mowttn aruars Cades puding Long at oeaut
ths Co wct Syueun: The seig u y t Conunatte kox plumnsivg Lal
Atod Suenus: (CILAS) by t miom covmnmunt m 198o d te
aud l a t on wndur t u
ChaimanSuip o M Tukece PN Bhagwati
. Mr. Tuste R-N Misra gaue a ter upUs o
Chaismuauniuip

t yab aiol movtmut geuwal amd te tonupt o lgal aid

and Lok Adalnts n paskt'culak t visualusea Lo Adalat
Camps
mechausm uitn un oe
as an MtnatL Dupute Redrssal (ADR
oloorceyps poo
ard to qunt
pustice to e
ot a f e r d to
wnbo
and
kpusl a cousut m ttu
batte Lok Adlalat not
gal
hough it ha sone abrnbues
a
Cout
tnet ense t h e oum
LoK Adalat olo at uat te isus ble it as
duisputes ude
coutt aus oleurole Cades, but breads tm as
-
os nces Ound
testoues
thm COnuuatory amd peruaLiue Ufots Lok Adalats Save pamues

om nthiais opouduwt aud ae wnonnd

tue auKonus aud iudig SLbtleumeut n auordan ce uutm nawul

Luseics, Peales quity ad otun yal puinerpls than uuith ezrahHakine

pocudwal cOmple nutus amd thu tnct appucatiom

The Legal Svuiu Authasutis (LSAA), 1987 prouides takto

uogm uou to ue lok Adalat as au uttue ADR susoudion
and pu- tmal
pedg Litgadieu .
Ude t u ugol Seucu

Authoutiis At tu s w uell a44uuol

Adlalnt but tua t uues a cem wdiiaticn thot, it

jOup anutau horm k nt setmeutt ouspults. The At

Coutauins olusaild puousion e t oauzalions toR nolalts

and Cuaui'nq

deals uit t lok Adolats pucrbes

Clhaptu VI of t e At

(1) Sautlon 19: Organisatio o Lok Adalts

Setion 20: Cogui2anct Cases by LoR Adalats

(2)
Awand Lok Aolalat
(3) Sion 21
Adalats
(4) Setion 22: Tows e Lok
 OHgausati on CCok Adalats Csecuon 19)

at Suh mtewalA aud pln cus aud

Lek Aolalats may be orgauuised
Le exvecuiiy Suen wusoicuon auo o Suca auns by:

Legal Seuuces Conunu' tttu; on

(a) tu Suprenut Cowet

hugu Cowt Legol Ssuuces Comuu tte; n

(6)

Auttnont. ODistnct Autuoguty, O

(e) euy S e
Stuces Comnu e u
d Tauk lgal

Cogui zau 04 Cass by Lok Adalats ( suvn 20)

manU
Sectiou 20 puscibes u
e ccrunstan uwtn
Lok Adalats aud enuvnvcatus
conuprOnuise o seMLnmet
tun cogu2auce Cau bi tak n k

Awards of Lok Adalats (Seetion 21)

An auand u Lok Adalas hall be oleeutd to be a dwr a

be ual auel
a lak Adalat Ahall
Ci'uwl Co wat Evew anwand mad by
dhail be hon -apodable
m all partes tw tu ouepute amd
bundung
oletUee Psiol 0n tamphill y a cuuil wct
ut as a

Pouwes3 Lok Aolalot Cseunion 22)

shall tu purpas ololling ay lltermsnation

The Lok Aoladat
as an vLMd una Cuil
Cuuolus u ' s Aet haue t u same pows
 Cowet Cuder CPO, 1908 uuvls byng a u uput

Jolloung
ultmes
(al he sumunoning amd uovig t atteudance e amy

amo lrauiniu him o oatm,

do c u m e n t
(b) YL oluscoveu amd puoduiuion @ auy

Sueptton ay Cuu'olen n a olauu;

O)he ruguiditouumg a u y publit uord

o dowmeut a
Couwt K
od ae
olo cument uom any
Ce) Suh otw matLe as auny be phescne bid k t AE

Lok Adalats ane decnd to

kuutr, al poceeolrgs bejaes ue

be udiua phoiudia cuutu the mlann Seuavns 193,

aud 228, IPC aud euer LoK Aolalat shall be dunnnd

219

court u t i n Set'on 9S
to be a Ccnul th méamung

amd ehapts 26, Cr.

PC: 19 73.

is cln tuat t mstttuu'on

abone ou's cussion, t
Sine
Lok Adlatat i getinng Populau gute Sttnouly
DB intwducb'on ehas to be au feteive

altesenative to utgation ud sudu ud u bunolem

has also eabluol auwcabll S t leunert

Courrls

olu'sputi wweh agu ttrst e ksttu