Question

The High Court occupies the top position in the Judicial Administration of the state. In this context, answer the following question:

What do you understand by Lok Adalat's and give any two advantages of Lok Adalat?

Answer 1

Lok Adalat is one of the alternative dispute redressal mechanisms, it is a forum where disputes/cases pending in the court of law or at the pre-litigation stage are settled amicably.

Advantages of Lok Adalat's are as follow:

1. Lok Adalat's work in the spirit of compromise and understanding, as a result, both the parties feel satisfied.
2. It save time and money and unnecessary harassment.
3. The Lok Adalat's can relieve the Laws Courts of the heavy backlog of cases.