Ministry of Law and Justice

Nyaya Mitras

Posted On: 22 JUL 2022 5:05PM by PIB Delhi

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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