Community mediation and Lok Adalats play an important role in improving access to justice in India by offering quick, low-cost, and people-friendly ways to resolve disputes outside formal courts. Community mediation helps parties talk openly, understand each other, and reach voluntary settlements, which preserves relationships and reduces tension. Lok Adalats, organized under the Legal Services Authorities Act, provide a simple forum where cases are settled through compromise, with decisions treated like court decrees. Both mechanisms reduce court burden, save time and money, and make justice accessible to the poor, rural communities, and those intimidated by the formal legal system.

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