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Through the alternative dispute resolutions under the National Legal Aid Services Organisation, a total of 1,48,227 cases have been disposed of across the country.

The cases were solved through the ADR system from 2009 to April 2025, according to the information available at the website of the organisation.


The service was started initially at the district level in 2009 and later extended up to the Supreme Court and Dhaka and Chattogram divisional headquarters, said the o9fficials on Sunday, adding that the service was further extended to all the prisons of the country.

The service was also given through a toll-free number of the NLASO.

The ADR is a system of settlement of the cases outside the court in which both the parties are benefited.

According to the NLASO, 1,64,482 cases were submitted to the NLASO for arbitration of which 1,48,227 cases were disposed of. A total of 1,46,314 cases were settled through 64 district legal aid officers while 1,913 cases were disposed of through labourers assistance cell in Dhaka and Chattogram where a total of 2,83,405 people were directly benefited.

A total of 12,07,993 people received free legal services across the country from 2009 to April, 2025, it said,聽 adding that these services were given through 64 district legal aid offices, the Supreme Court Legal Aid Office and Labourer Assistance Cell in

Dhaka and Chattogram and the toll free call centre鈥檚 16430.