(a) the aims and objectives of Nyaya Mitras proposed by the Government;
(b) the details of Nyaya Mitras proposed to be engaged in district courts of Maharashtra;
(c) whether about 100 Nyaya Mitras have been engaged in various District Courts of the country; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra?
MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE
(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)
(a) Nyaya Mitra aims to facilitate expeditious disposal of 15 years old pending cases in High Courts and Subordinate Courts.
(b) In Maharashtra, during the year 2019-20, 3 Nyaya Mitras were engaged one each at Mumbai City Civil Court,Aurangabad District Court and Nagpur District Court. Further, during the year 2021-22, one Nyaya Mitra is engaged at Nagpur District Court from April, 2022.
(c) & (d) Since introduction of Nyaya Mitra programme in 2017, a total of 38NyayaMitrawere engaged in various district courts across the country. However no Nyaya Mitra could be engaged during the year 2020-2021 due to closure of courts and social distancing protocols caused by Covid pandemic. For the year 2021-2022, 11 Nyaya Mitras have been engaged in the 11 District Courts in the month of April 2022.State/UT-wise details of engaged Nyaya Mitra is at Annexure-A.
Annexure-A
Statement as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 978 for answering on 22.07.2022 raised by Shri Rajan Vichare, MP on Nyaya Mitras
A State-wise Statement containing number of Nyaya Mitra engaged from
2017-2022
S.No State Year
2017-2018 Year
2018-2019 Year
2019-2020 Year
2020-2021 Year
2021-2022 Total
1 Assam - - -
NIL* 02 02
2 Bihar 01 - - - 01
3 Karnataka - - - 01 01
4 Maharashtra - - 03 01 04
5 Odisha 02 02 04
6 Rajasthan 04 03 02 01 10
7 Uttar Pradesh 05 - 01 02 08
8 West Bengal 04 01 01 02 09
Total 14 04 09 11 38
*No Nyaya Mitra could be engaged during the year 2020-2021 due to closure of courts and social distancing protocols caused by Covid pandemic.