Nyaya Mitra aims to facilitate expeditious disposal of 15 years old pending cases in High Courts and Subordinate Courts.
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
|
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.
This information was given by the Minister for Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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