New Delhi: The second National Lok Adalat held across India Saturday involving the Supreme Court, 24 high courts, districts courts and taluka-level courts saw the settlement of a record number of 1.25 crore cases, that also resulted in reducing the pendency of cases by about nine percent.

"Approximately, 1.25 crore cases, as per details available so far, which include pending and pre-litigation cases, have been settled. The immediate impact of this has been in the reduction of pendency averaging about nine percent across all states," said the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), which organised the National Lok Adalat.