Permanent and Continuous Lok Adalat u/s 19 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1982 have been established in all the four districts and five Talukas of Sikkim viz; East at Gangtok, North at Mangan, South at Namchi, West at Gyalshing and sub-divisions in the North at Chungthang, South at Ravangla, West at Soreng, East at Pakyong and Rongli.
Statement of Lok Adalat:
Lok Adalat held, cases institution and disposed of and pendency by the High Court Lok Adalat since inception:
STATEMENT OF LOK ADALAT HELD, CASES INSTITUTION AND DISPOSED OF AND PENDENCY BY THE HIGH COURT LOK ADALAT SINCE INCEPTION UPTO 31st AUGUST, 2024
Year |
No. of Lok Adalat held |
Opening |
Instituted |
Disposal |
Pendency |
1998 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
1999 |
03 |
Nil |
08 |
08 |
Nil |
2000 |
14 |
Nil |
09 |
09 |
Nil |
2001 |
19 |
Nil |
189 |
189 |
Nil |
2002 |
21 |
Nil |
156 |
156 |
Nil |
2003 |
04 |
Nil |
45 |
23 |
22 |
2004 |
08 |
22 |
78 |
67 |
33 |
2005 |
11 |
33 |
17 |
44 |
06 |
2006 |
03 |
06 |
20 |
09 |
17 |
2007 |
02 |
17 |
13 |
13 |
17 |
2008 |
06 |
17 |
49 |
28 |
38 |
2009 |
05 |
38 |
11 |
41 |
08 |
2010 |
07 |
08 |
36 |
40 |
04 |
2011 |
11 |
04 |
16 |
16 |
04 |
2012 |
09 |
04 |
14 |
15 |
03 |
2013 |
10 |
03 |
27 |
12 |
18 |
2014 |
13 |
18 |
20 |
33 |
05 |
2015 |
13 |
05 |
28 |
30 |
03 |
2016 |
14 |
03 |
07 |
05 |
05 |
2017 |
30 |
05 |
36 |
33 |
08 |
2018 |
22 |
08 |
23 |
28 |
03 |
2019 |
20 |
03 |
18 |
12 |
09 |
2020 |
14 |
09 |
06 |
10 |
05 |
2021 |
17 |
05 |
07 |
07 |
05 |
2022 |
16 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
2023 |
16 |
5 |
15 |
16 |
4 |
2024(till 31st August) |
10 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
Total |
318 |
|
860 |
857 |
3 |
Year |
No. of Lok Adalat held |
Opening |
Instituted |
Disposal |
Pendency |
2001 |
24 |
Nil |
423 |
148 |
275 |
2002 |
26 |
275 |
230 |
223 |
282 |
2003 |
43 |
282 |
02 |
261 |
23 |
2004 |
45 |
23 |
162 |
174 |
11 |
2005 |
57 |
11 |
137 |
123 |
25 |
2006 |
48 |
25 |
169 |
181 |
13 |
2007 |
37 |
13 |
91 |
80 |
24 |
2008 |
48 |
24 |
200 |
213 |
11 |
2009 |
39 |
11 |
129 |
108 |
32 |
2010 |
59 |
32 |
209 |
185 |
56 |
2011 |
60 |
56 |
523 |
542 |
37 |
2012 |
68 |
37 |
738 |
685 |
90 |
2013 |
92 |
90 |
1042 |
1069 |
63 |
2014 |
217 |
63 |
749 |
797 |
15 |
2015 |
173 |
15 |
870 |
873 |
12 |
2016 |
167 |
12 |
857 |
851 |
18 |
2017 |
89 |
18 |
743 |
697 |
64 |
2018 |
113 |
64 |
725 |
766 |
23 |
2019 |
93 |
23 |
548 |
480 |
91 |
2020 |
48 |
91 |
190 |
193 |
88 |
2021 |
76 |
88 |
399 |
407 |
80 |
2022 |
94 |
80 |
705 |
737 |
48 |
2023 |
89 |
48 |
705 |
711 |
42 |
2024(till 31st August) |
34 |
42 |
516 |
261 |
297 |
Total |
1839 |
|
11062 |
10765 |
297 |
Year |
No. of Lok Adalat held |
Opening |
Instituted |
Disposal |
Pendency |
2001 |
10 |
Nil |
163 |
63 |
100 |
2002 |
39 |
100 |
544 |
314 |
330 |
2003 |
49 |
330 |
07 |
303 |
34 |
2004 |
46 |
34 |
280 |
289 |
25 |
2005 |
36 |
25 |
135 |
155 |
05 |
2006 |
58 |
05 |
119 |
123 |
01 |
2007 |
83 |
01 |
234 |
228 |
07 |
2008 |
35 |
07 |
85 |
80 |
12 |
2009 |
85 |
12 |
226 |
235 |
03 |
2010 |
97 |
03 |
185 |
184 |
04 |
2011 |
68 |
04 |
154 |
155 |
03 |
2012 |
95 |
03 |
249 |
250 |
02 |
2013 |
138 |
02 |
319 |
320 |
01 |
2014 |
158 |
01 |
380 |
378 |
03 |
2015 |
137 |
03 |
428 |
428 |
03 |
2016 |
176 |
03 |
492 |
470 |
25 |
2017 |
184 |
25 |
364 |
341 |
48 |
2018 |
151 |
48 |
193 |
209 |
32 |
2019 |
119 |
32 |
177 |
176 |
33 |
2020 |
64 |
33 |
55 |
79 |
09 |
2021 |
57 |
09 |
218 |
135 |
92 |
2022 |
96 |
92 |
350 |
419 |
23 |
2023 |
88 |
23 |
206 |
210 |
19 |
2024(till 31st August) |
58 |
19 |
189 |
129 |
79 |
Total |
2127 |
|
5752 |
5673 |
79 |
Grand Total |
4284 |
|
17674 |
17295 |
379 |