What is the purpose of Lok Adalat?

Lok Adalats are conducted and organized under the legal service authority act.

• It is a conflict resolution mechanism to settle long-standing disputes outside courts, in an atmosphere that is friendly by mutual consent in the presence of legal experts, officials and non-official dignitaries.

• It settles disputes on range of issues concerning matrimonial disputes, cases on domestic violence, civil cases, criminal cases etc.

• It is a mechanism which settles disputes in an efficient manner and without any expenses. Thus it provides inexpensive justice to all and especially to the poor.

• It ensures speedy trial of disputes and thus resolves them in short duration.

• Thus Lok Adalats are economically affordable as it provided services free of cost and mutually interactive as it gives the opportunity to interact with the judge.