(a) whether the Government has initiated any step to establish the web portal for each Ministry/ Department of the Government where they can upload the details of cases which are pending in various courts and the status of these cases so as to help in effective monitoring of court cases by the Department of Legal Affairs;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has started any structural legal framework of mediation; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
The MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (d) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1464 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 10.02.2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
(a) and (b)
Department of Legal Affairs(DoLA) vide Gazette Notification dated 08.02.2016 has implemented Legal Information Management & Briefing System (LIMBS), an IT enabled application for monitoring of court cases where Government of India is one of the party. It has been implemented in 72 Ministries/Departments of the Government where they can upload the details of cases which are pending in various courts and the status of these cases. Further the application has been revamped to a new robust secure platform equipped with dashboard view for quick analysis of cases at senior level so as to help in effective monitoring of court cases. As on 02.02.2021, Ministries/Departments have uploaded 6.32 lakh court cases in LIMBS application.
Parts (c) to (d)
Mediation is one of the Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms available to the court under Section 80 of the Civil Procedure Code and has emerged as a popular and useful method for settlement of disputes. It involves negotiations also. The Legal Services Authorities have been actively involved to get the disputes settled through Mediation. The details of the number of existing mediation centres and cases settled through mediation centers are as under:-
a) ADR Centres and Mediation Centres (As in November, 2020)
S.NO SLSAs ADR Centres Existing Mediation Centres other than ADR Centres
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 1
2 Andhra Pradesh 13 0
3 Arunachal Pradesh 21 2
4 Assam 12 15
5 Bihar 16 11
6 Chhattisgarh 2 33
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 0
8 Daman & Diu 0 1
9 Delhi 0 6
10 Goa 5 10
11 Gujarat 12 14
12 Haryana 17 5
13 Himachal Pradesh 7 12
14 Jammu & Kashmir 16 8
15 Jharkhand 24 0
16 Karnataka 30 29
17 Kerala 7 64
18 Lakshadweep 0 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 43 143
20 Maharashtra 37 0
21 Manipur 1 0
22 Meghalaya 1 2
23 Mizoram 2 2
24 Nagaland 0 1
25 Odisha 16 16
26 Puducherry 2 2
27 Punjab 17 7
28 Rajasthan 30 144
29 Sikkim 4 4
30 Tamil Nadu 32 11
31 Telengana 4 7
32 Tripura 1 5
33 U. T. Chandigarh 1 1
34 Uttar Pradesh 61 0
35 Uttarakhand 4 16
36 West Bengal 18 2
Grand Total 458 574
b) A statement showing the number of cases settled through mediation during the last three years viz 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 is given below:
S.NO Name of the State Legal Services Authority No. of cases settled through mediation centres
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2 14 15
2 Andhra Pradesh 870 1124 922
3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0
4 Assam 434 354 402
5 Bihar 546 294 930
6 Chhattisgarh 509 660 967
7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 14 18
8 Daman & Diu 10 3 16
9 Delhi 705 802 837
10 Goa 12 16 65
11 Gujarat 655 520 654
12 Haryana 2473 2429 2623
13 Himachal Pradesh 577 446 326
14 Jammu & Kashmir 49 116 84
15 Jharkhand 6791 8954 8137
16 Karnataka 6248 6515 6753
17 Kerala 11417 12534 13384
18 Lakshadweep 0 0 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 30569 21995 19292
20 Maharashtra 27208 20255 20595
21 Manipur 8 26 42
22 Meghalaya 1 1 0
23 Mizoram 0 0 0
24 Nagaland 0 0 0
25 Odisha 225 108 90
26 Puducherry 16 26 20
27 Punjab 1780 2317 2591
28 Rajasthan 2273 2548 2219
29 Sikkim 63 49 73
30 Tamil Nadu 1333 2460 2379
31 Telangana 755 571 641
32 Tripura 11 27 29
33 U. T. Chandigarh 343 362 433
34 Uttar Pradesh 7775 8092 7147
35 Uttarakhand 455 514 517
36 West Bengal 3473 4820 2664
Grand Total 107587 98966 94865
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