Nyaya Mitra (NM)

Subject: Government Schemes

Section: Judiciary

Nyaya Mitra (NM) aims to facilitate expeditious disposal of 10-15 years old pending cases in High court and assisting the district judiciary in reduction of decade old pending court case.
Districts selected based on highest pendency of court cases over 10 years of period sourced from National Judiciary Data Grid (NJDG) database.
A Nyaya mitra (NM) is a retired judicial officer/executive officer, having legal degree/background who is located at High Courts/District Courts.

Role of Nyaya Mitra

Nyaya Mitra provides assistance to the judiciary in reduction of decade old pending court case, liaising with the different departments to fast disposal of cases, referring cases to Lok Adalat. etc.
Nyaya Mitra’s responsibilities would include among others-
- Assistance to litigants who are suffering due to delay in investigations or trial, by actively identifying such cases through the National Judicial Data Grid,
- Providing legal advice and connecting litigants to DLSA, CSC Tele Law, other government agencies and civil society organisations.
Nyaya Mitra also-
- Refers the marginalized applicants to Lok Adalats for dispute resolution and
- Render assistance towards prison reforms within the district, in coordination with the district judiciary and other stakeholders.
- The Nyaya Mitras engaged so far have assisted the Court concerned in disposal of old cases which includes matrimonial cases, accident claim and also criminal cases.