AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): The monthly National Lok Adalat will be held on April 11 at High Court premises. 20 marriage related cases likely to be settled in the Lok Adalat. The Adalat will start from 10 a.m. Convener of National Lok Adalat, S. Bhattacharjee had issued this notice.

Earlier, The monthly National Lok Adalat was d be held on 14 March next at the premises of High Court of Tripura organized by Legal Service Providers of West Tripura District. During the aforesaid day, 5 courts were opened up.

Lok Adalat is a system of alternative dispute resolution developed in India. It roughly means "People's court". India has had a long history of resolving disputes through the mediation of village elders. The system of Lok Adalats is based on the principles of the Panch Kameshwar of Gram Panchayats which were also proposed by Mahatma Gandhi the idea of Lok Adalat was mainly advocated by Justice P.N. Bhagwati, a former Chief Justice of India. Lok Adalat is a non-adversarial system, whereby mock courts (called Lok Adalats) are held by the State Authority, District Authority, Supreme Court Legal Services Committee, High Court Legal Services Committee, or Talk Legal Services Committee.