Fourth National Lok Adalat Held Across Kashmir

   

SRINAGAR: In pursuance to the National Legal Service Authority calendar and under the directions of JK Legal Services Authority, the 4th National Lok Adalat was held on Saturday across all the districts of Kashmir, by the respective District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs), for amicable settlement of cases of different nature.

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The National Lok Adalat, is a Justice Dispensation Mechanism that focuses on promoting alternative dispute resolution methods to reduce the load on the regular court system.
The matters placed before the benches included cases of Civil, Criminal Compoundable, Cheque bounce, Traffic Challans, Bank matters, MACT, Land Compensation, Matrimonial, Electricity and Pre-litigation matters. Further, Pre-litigation matters were taken up, which included PDD matters, bank recovery matters, PHE cases, Social Welfare Schemes, matrimonial disputes, land disputes, BSNL cases, municipality cases, revenue matters, social welfare and Labour cases.

At Srinagar, the National Lok Adalat was inaugurated by Jawad Ahmed, Chairman District Legal Services Authority Srinagar at District Court Complex Srinagar in presence of Judicial Officers of District Srinagar.

Each Court had identified cases for the 4th National Lok Adalat beforehand and the same were placed before 14 different benches constituted by DLSA Srinagar including three Special benches for settlement of revenue matters, social, welfare matters and Labour cases. A total number of 58811 matters were taken up for their amicable settlement, out of which 52774 matters were settled. Besides, an amount of Rs 18,42,60,478 was realized as the settlement amount.

At Baramulla, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Judge, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, who is also an administrative Judge of Baramulla, inaugurated the 4th National Lok Adalat at District Court Complex.

Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar; Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mohammad Ashraf Malik; SSP Baramulla, Amod Ashok Nagpure and others were present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Justice Sanjeev Kumar underscored Lok Adalat’s significance in resolving disputes outside conventional court systems and urged the Legal Services fraternity to address substantial, long-pending cases within Lok Adalats that have been lingering in courts for long periods.

A total of 9 benches were constituted in which several 800 cases were taken up, out of which 500 cases were amicably settled.

At Budgam, the National Lok Adalat was inaugurated by Khalil Ahmad Choudhary, Principal District & Sessions Judge (Chairman District Legal Services Authority) Budgam, at District Court Complex Budgam at 10:30 am. The 4th National Lok Adalat was organized in District Court Complex Budgam and Taluka Courts of the District.

Each Court had identified cases for Lok Adalat beforehand and the same were placed before 07 different benches constituted by DLSA Budgam for their settlement in National Lok Adalat. Two special benches were constituted for labour and social welfare matters.
Nonetheless, a total number of 788 matters were taken up for their amicable settlement, out of which 449 matters were settled. Besides, an amount of Rs 9,13,53,115 was realized in total in the settlement.

At Ganderbal, the National Lok-Adalat was held under the chairmanship of Ritesh Kumar Dubey, Chairman District Legal Services Authority (Pr District & Sessions Judge) Ganderbal.
The event aimed to provide speedy justice and alleviate the backlog of pending cases in the district.

The event witnessed active participation from the legal fraternity, along with a significant number of litigants and their counsels.

National Lok-Adalat at District Ganderbal constituted of three benches for the amicable settlement of cases. Overall 1279 number of cases were taken up for settlement out of which 1199 cases were amicably settled compromised on spot and Rs. 1,13,79,662 was awarded as settlement amount in Bank recovery matters, Public Utility matters, 138 NI Act Cases, Civil, MACT Cases and other matters.

At Anantnag, the 4th National Lok-Adalat was successfully organized in the District Court and other subordinate courts of District Anantnag under the chairmanship of Jaffer Hussain Beigh, Principal District Judge, Anantnag.

The event, marked by the diligent efforts of all presiding officers across the courts, received tremendous support from learned advocates, officers of various government departments, insurance companies, and banking institutions.

A total of 1152 cases were taken up by 07 benches in the district during the Lok-Adalat proceedings out of which 302 cases were successfully settled. The settlement amount awarded in all cases reached an impressive figure of Rs 2,49,97,385.

At Pulwama, the National Lok Adalat was organized in District Court Complex Pulwama under the chairmanship of Naseer Ahmad Dar Chairman of District Legal Service Authority (Pr. District & Sessions Judge) Pulwama.

The National Lok Adalat was inaugurated by the Chairman District Legal Service Authority Pulwama in the presence of all judicial officers & bar members of District Court Pulwama.
A total of 06 benches were constituted out of which 03 benches were constituted for holding of National Lok Adalat at District headquarters & other three benches at Tehsil Levels of the District Pulwama.

The benches took up 386 cases of different natures out of which 218 cases were amicably settled and an amount of Rs 1,29,10,820 was realized and an amount of Rs 98,80,000 has been settled in MACT, Bank recovery & 138 N.I. Act Cases with the efforts of the presiding officers as well as by the cooperation of Bar members of the respective Courts.

At Kulgam, the National Lok Adalat was held today in District Court Complex Kulgam and other Taluka Courts of District Kulgam under the chairmanship of Mohammad Ashraf Bhat (Pr. District and Session Judge Kulgam/Chairman District Legal Services Authority Kulgam).
The National Lok Adalat was inaugurated by Chairman District Legal Services Authority Kulgam.

Six benches were constituted, four at headquarters and one each at D H Pora and Qazigund. In the said National Lok Adalat, 506 cases were taken up, out of which 253 cases were amicably settled. An amount of Rs. 46,83,870 was realized in different cases.

At Shopian, the 4th National Lok Adalat was held today in the court premises of District Court Complex Shopian under the chairmanship of Riaz-Ul-Haq Mirza, Chairman District Legal Services Authority (Principal District & Session Judge) Shopian.

For the said National Lok Adalat 04 Benches were constituted by the DLSA.
In the Said National Lok Adalat, besides Advocates, litigants and other prominent citizens also participated. A total of 176 cases of different nature were taken up, out of which 146 cases were settled amicably with a settlement amount Rs 24,54,190.

At Bandipora, the Lok Adalat was held under the supervision of Chairman District Legal Services Authority, Pr District & Session Judge Bandipora, Amit Sharma.
A total of 3 Benches were constituted for the said Lok Adalat consisting of Presiding Officers and Other Members for amicable settlement/ compromise of the referred cases.
In the said Lok Adalat total No of 436 cases were taken up by the Benches and out of which 208 cases were settled as disposed. A total sum of 40,31,800 was awarded to the aggrieved parties by settlement during the said Lok Adalat.

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