Vol. 3, Issue 8, Part B (2017)

Abstract
There are about 2.83 crore cases pending in the courts in India as on date as per the data available with the Arrears Committee of the Supreme Court of India. This is leading to a situation where the result of the litigation virtually loses significance to the litigants. This results in the erosion of the credibility of the justice delivery system itself. The situation calls for novel methods to counter the problem. In this paper, an attempt has been made to underline the importance of one of the such methods, the Lok Adalat system in reducing the pendency before the courts while ensuring justice.