{ "id": 16093, "slug": "lok-adalat-scheme-2003", "title": "Lok Adalat Scheme, 2003", "short_title": "Lok Adalat Scheme, 2003", "act_number": "Published vide Notification Sl No. 2479/S.L.S A/03", "act_year": 2003, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Chhattisgarh", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "Lok Adalat Scheme, 2003", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Definitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (No. 39 of 1987);\n(b) \"Chairman\" means the Executive Chairman of the State Authority, or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the District Authority, or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the Taluk Legal Services Committee;\n(c) \"District Authority\" means the District Legal Service Authority constituted under Section 9 of the Act;\n(d) \"High Court Legal Services Committee\" means a High Court Legal Services Committee constituted under Section 8-A of the Act;\n(e) \"Patron-in-Chief\" means the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court;\n(f) \"State Authority\" means the State Legal Services Authority constituted under Section 6 of the Act;\n(g) \"Taluk Legal Services Committee\" means a Taluk Legal Services Committee constituted under Section 11-A of the Act;\n(h) Words and expressions used in this scheme but not defined shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Procedure for organising Lok Adalat.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) The place and the date at which the Lok Adalat is proposed to be organised;\n(ii) Categories and subject-wise nature of cases, viz. pending cases or pre-litigation disputes, or both, proposed to be placed before the Lok Adalat;\n(iii) Number of cases proposed to be brought before the Lok Adalat;\n(iv) Any other information relevant to the convening and organising of the Lok Adalat.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Notice of the parties concerned.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Composition of the Lok Adalat.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) A sitting or retired Judge of the High Court;\n(ii) A member of the legal profession; and\n(iii) Any other eminent person in the field of law or a social worker.\n(i) A sitting or retired Judicial Officer;\n(ii) A member of the legal profession; and\n(iii) Any other eminent person in the field of law or a social worker.\n(i) A sitting or retired Judicial Officer;\n(ii) A member of the legal profession; and\n(iii) Any other eminent person in the field or law or a social worker.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Summoning of Records and the responsibility for its safe custody.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Functioning of the Lok Adalat.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Holding of Lok Adalat.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Procedure for effecting compromise or settlement at Lok Adalat.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Award/Order to be categorical and lucid.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Compilation of results.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Remunerations to officers and staff of the Lok Adalat.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "20", "title": "13. Procedure for maintaining record of cases referred to in Section 20 of the Act or otherwise.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) Date of the receipt;\n(ii) Category and subject-wise nature of the case;\n(iii) Such other particulars as may be deemed necessary; and\n(iv) Date of settlement and return of the case file.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Budget.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Maintenance of Accounts.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Funding.", "chapter": null, "content": "(1) The Secretary of the High Court Legal Services Committee or the District Authority or the Chairman of the Taluk Legal Services Committee, as the case may be, shall provide all assistance as may be necessary to the Lok Adalats.\n(2) Lok Adalats shall be held in a non-ceremonial manner.\nProforma\nProforma\nFor Disposal of cases in Lok Adalat\nFor Disposal of cases in Lok Adalat\nS. No.\nName of Place\nDate of Holding of Lok Adalat\nNo. of Cases disposed of\nCivil\nClaims\nCriminal\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\nTotal", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "cg027", "Act Number": "Published vide Notification Sl No. 2479/S.L.S A/03, dated 27-12-2003, Published in C.G. Rajpatra, Part 1, dated 13-2-2004 at pp. 614-621", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "2003", "Short Title": "Lok Adalat Scheme, 2003", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Chhattisgarh" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19" }