The District legal Services Authority (DlSA), Ranchi has succeeded in achieving ninety per cent success in mediating the referred cases for the mediation this November. Incidentally, DlSA Ranchi has been awarded 'Best DlSA’ in the Eastern region during a commendation ceremony organised by National legal Services Authority (NAlSA) for third consecutive year on the occasion of legal Services Day in New Delhi in November 2017.
Out of a total of 286 referred cases in November, DlSA Ranchi has successfully mediated 119 cases as compared to 13 out of 20 referred cases in October.
“It all became possible under the guidance of Acting Chief Justice cum Executive Chairman of Jharkhand legal Services Authority (JHAlSA) DN Patel, who made it mandatory for the Referral Courts in Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh and Deoghar to refer at least 7 cases in a month and four for other district courts,” said DlSA Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh.
Each of the Referral Judges have also been imparted intensive training for identifying probable cases for mediation and convince the parties to go for mediation by explaining them the positive points of it, said Singh.
“After imparting training to the Referral judges, more cases are being referred for mediation ultimately escalating its success rate,” said the Secretary. Maximum number of cases was referred for mediation by Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi, Navneet Kumar, he added.
The DlSA Secretary said that as many as 89.47 per cent cases were successfully mediated in Ranchi which is the highest ever for any of the districts in Jharkhand. “Out of 286 cases referred for mediation, 119 cases were successfully mediated in November in November this year
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making a success rate to 89.47 per cent which is highest ever in the State,” said Singh. Expert mediators coming from different walks of life in the society also played a key role in increasing the success rate, added the DlSA Secretary.
“Remarkably, out of 286 referred cases number of failed mediation remained only 14, while one or more parties did not turn up in 102 cases,” said Kumar. Five advocate mediators and six subject specific expert mediators were allotted cases during the month, he added.
Singh said that most of the cases which got successfully mediated through mediation were related to finance and family matters.
The DlSA Secretary said that the Acting Chief Justice also suggested measures to increase the success rate of mediation under which an intensive 100 day intensive door to door campaign 'Connecting to Serve' (Vidhik Seva Aapke Dwar) is being conducted for creating legal awareness among the people at the ground level in all 303 panchayats covering every block in Ranchi District.
“During this campaign, people are also being told about the benefits of mediation and other legal services provided to them free of cost,” said DlSA Secretary. literature consisting of pamphlets, brochures, booklets reflecting the objectives and activities of legal services institutions are being distributed during the campaign, he added.