- The pendency of cases has been increasing over the years, with 71% of delays due to unpaid fees/unserved notices rather than judges taking too long. Over 3 crore cases are pending across India. - Lok adalats can help reduce the backlog by resolving compoundable offenses before trial, and assigning pro bono cases to law students gives experience while helping reduce delays from unpaid legal fees. - Reforming procedures like giving adequate time between hearings and strictly limiting hearings to two dates per case can increase efficiency of the legal system.

2. •The pendency of cases has been
increasing over the years.
•71 per cent of cases are delayed
because of reasons such as unpaid
fees, unserved notice or unfiled
documents, rather than judges taking
too long, as revealed by new data
compiled by the apex court.
•Over three crore cases are pending in
various courts across the country and
this "unacceptable level“
 The average judge in the High Courts decides 2374 cases while in the
trial courts the average judge manages to decide over 1350 cases
every year despite poor infra-structural support.
 A recent study shows that a majority of pending cases are less than 2
years old.

3. • Only very few talented
lawyers become judges.
 India has very less
(judges)/(population) ratio
Judges in deficiency

4.  Forty per cent of criminal cases are
compoundable offences which can be
disposed of through Lok Adalat as pre-ligigation
stage and the judiciary and investigating
agencies will be left with more time to dispose
of the remaining cases. Junior advocates can
also participate in this system
 Making students fight cases pro bono
which will help them in building their cvs
and also help in reducing the cases which
are pending because lawyer fees cant be
paid
Lok
Adalat
Timing a
case
Pro bono
cases
 Giving dates at an interval enough for people
to collect hard facts.
 Giving only two dates for one case.

5. • Lok adalat can be set
up and taught the
standard laws so that
the compoundable
offences are taken
care of at that level
• Spacing the dates of
the case will give
enough time to the
lawyers to collect
data regarding the
case.
• Assigning strict time
regulations will help
increase the
seriousness among
lawyers and help in
quick decision
making.
• Fighting pro
bono cases
induces a sense
of responsibility
towards people
of the country.
• Opportunity to
make a strong
CV

6. Taking inputs from the adalat
to stop unfair decision
making
Appointing
a lawyer to
keep track
of the
activities
Selecting a
group of
people to
form the lok
adalat
LOK
ADALAT

7. GRADUATE
STUDENTS
• Training the students so
that they develop a skill
set to fight cases.
• Defining eligibility by
keeping a practical test.
• Training the students
practically, more
rigorously if they fail the
test

8. lok adalat
may not
follow the
stated laws
and may
punish
someone
wrongly.
They may
favor honor
killings and
rapes.
Two dates
may
genuinely
not be
enough to
solve some
cases.
Students
may not be
able to
fight the
case given
to them
equally well
as a
practiced
lawyer
would.
Problems faced

9. Advantages
 Estimate time required to clear
the backlog and pace up with
the present times will be faster.
 Easier to cope with the
increasing number of crimes.

10. References:
•PRS legislative research
•Manthan reference document
•Times of India
•www.legallyindia.com