Thousands Of Cases Settled In National Lok Adalats Held Across Kashmir
TNN Bureau. Updated: 12/9/2018 2:53:52 PM
Politics
Srinagar, Dec 9: Thousands of cases of different nature were settled amicably in National Lok Adalats held across Kashmir valley.
Officials on Sunday said that National Lok Adalat was on Saturday held across all the District Court complexes and several of their subordinate courts wherein various pre and post litigation cases pertaining to different matters were taken.
In Srinagar, they said the National Lok Adalat was organized by District Legal Services Authority (DLSA)
Srinagar under the chairmanship of Principal and Sessions Judge, Srinagar, Abdul Rashid Malik at District Court Complex, Moominabad.
They said on the occasion, nine benches, which were constituted for taking different types, took up 1941 cases out of which 1613 were amicably settled on the spot.
“Besides, Rs 92.96 lakhs were awarded as compensation by MACT Srinagar, Rs 6.58 Lakhs were collected as settlement amount by different courts, besides collecting a fine of Rs 2,59,450 on the occasion,” they said.
In Bandipora, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) organised National Lok Adalat in District Court Complex Bandipora under the chairmanship of Principal District & Session Judge Syed Sarfaraz Hussain Shah.
They said a total of 148 cases were taken up in the National Lok Adalat out of which 60 cases were settled amicably and a settlement amount of Rs 25.58 lakh was awarded in various cases.
“The cases taken up in the Adalat were related to MACT, Bank matters, civil and Matrimonial cases,” they said, adding three separate benches were established in Bandipora while one bench was constituted at Sumbal during the Adalat.
In Budgam, they said the National Lok Adalat was held at District Court Complex Budgam and its subordinate courts today wherein cases pertaining to different matters were taken up including pre-litigation.
They said in the National Lok Adalat held in Budgam maximum cases were settled amicably and an amount of Rs 2,334,000 was recovered for bank cases and an amount of Rs 91,000 was recovered against electricity bills from consumers.