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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