A 90-day statewide initiative by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority helped resolve thousands of pending cases through conciliation.
Bengaluru
As many as 5,575 cases were settled through mediation during a 90-day Special Mediation Drive — “Mediation for the Nation” — organised across Karnataka between July 1 and October 6, 2025. The drive, taken up jointly by the National Legal Services Authority and the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee of the Supreme Court, aimed to reduce case pendency across courts.
According to H. Shashidhara Shetty, Member Secretary of the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA), this was the first such intensive mediation initiative held in the country. Of the 13.86 lakh pending cases before the High Court and district courts in Karnataka, 76,197 were identified and referred for mediation.
Mediation was conducted in 46,676 cases, with 1,300 mediators working across the Karnataka Mediation Centre and 28 district mediation centres. Among the 5,575 settled cases, 3,038 were matrimonial disputes, including those under Section 125 of the CrPC and the Domestic Violence Act. The drive also saw 159 couples reunite.
Other cases resolved included 649 partition suits, 104 motor accident claims, 668 cheque bounce cases, 188 criminal compoundable offences, and 21 commercial disputes. Additionally, 163 senior citizens benefited from the process.
Unsettled and pending cases will continue to be mediated in the coming weeks as part of ongoing efforts to ease court backlogs statewide.
