Total settlement amount at Rs. 6,26,15,298
Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 16
The Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) has conducted both National Lok Adalat (Peoples Court) and Lok Adalat (exclusively by district legal services authority) across the state reliving the pendency of cases on the judiciary.
71 Lok Adalat sittings were held across the state during the calendar year 2016 on various subjects viz, recovery suits, criminal compoundable matters, traffic, MACT, petty matters and municipal matters, bank recovery cases (pre-litigative & pending) including mobile Lok Adalat, according to the Annual Administrative Report 2016-17 of the Department of Justice & Law tabled in the recently concluded assembly session. The total cases taken up stands at 3,358 with 1,853 cases disposed. The total settlement amounts to Rs. 6,26,15,298 (Six crore twenty six lakhs fifteen thousand two hundred ninety eight).
Further, the total number of legal aid clinic and legal service functional in the state stands at 163. Altogether 2,750 applications received in various legal aid clinic and frontal offices.
A total of 8650 persons assisted, benefited by legal services and provided free legal service including provision of legal aid counsels belonging to various groups viz., women, children, ST/SC, under trial prisoners, convicts, victims of disaster.
The total number of beneficiaries of legal literacy and awareness programmes (Person attending awareness programme) stands at 6460.
The NSLSA also visited a total of 43 homes and centres, like observation homes, orphanage homes, rehabilitation centres, juvenile homes etc.
Further, six beneficiaries were also recorded under Nagaland Victim Compensation Scheme, 2012 through recommendations from NSLSA and district legal services authority.
The beneficiaries include rape and destitute victims of Kohima, Dimapur and Mon who received compensation from home department (relief & rehabilitation establishment), Govt of Nagaland, the report added.
