Nyaya Mitra (NM) aims to facilitate expeditious disposal of 10-15 years old pending cases in High Courts and Subordinate Courts. Since introduction of Nyaya Mitra programme in 2017, a total of 38 Nyaya Mitras were engaged in the States of Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal as per the details given under Annexure- ‘A’. The Nyaya Mitras engaged so far have assisted the Court concerned in disposal of 3495 old cases which includes matrimonial cases, accident claim and also criminal cases. The State/UT wise details of cases disposed is at Annexure-‘B’. 80 Nyaya Mitras will be engaged across the country from 2021-2026. For the year 2021-2022, 11 Nyaya Mitras have been engaged in the 11 District Courts in the month of April 2022.
Annexure-A
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A State-wise Statement containing number of Nyaya Mitra engaged from 2017-2022 |
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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 |
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*No NyayaMitra could be engaged during the year 2020-2021 due to closure of courts and social distancing protocols caused by Covid pandemic.
Annexure-B
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A State-wise Statement containing number of cases disposed by Nyaya Mitra (2017-2022) |
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S.No |
State |
No. of cases disposed (2017-2022) |
|
1 |
Assam |
8 |
|
2 |
Bihar |
44 |
|
3 |
Karnataka |
0 |
|
4 |
Maharashtra |
327 |
|
5 |
Odisha |
818 |
|
6 |
Rajasthan |
1691 |
|
7 |
Uttar Pradesh |
461 |
|
9 |
West Bengal |
28 |
|
Grand Total |
3495 |
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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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