1597 cases settled during Lok Adalat in Budgam

Budgam, Sept 09: Third National Lok Adalat was organized on Saturday in District Court Complex 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.
Each Court had identified cases for Lok Adalat beforehand and same were placed before Six (06) different benches constituted by DLSA Budgam for their settlement in National Lok Adalat.
Bench No. 1, comprised of Khalil Ahmad Choudhary (Pr. Distt. & Sessions Judge Budgam) and Farah Bashir (Munsiff JMIC Budgam), Bench No. 2 comprised of Mr. Aijaz Ahmad Khan (Additional District and Sessions Judge Budgam) and Mr. Zafar Mehdi (Advocate), Bench No. 3 comprised of Mr. Noor Mohammad Mir (Chief Judicial Magistrate Budgam) and Advocate Javid Ahmad Mir (Panel Lawyer DLSA Budgam), Bench No. 4 comprised of Mr. Mir Wajahat (Sub Judge Chadoora) and Mr. Abdul Rashid Hanjura (Advocate, Bar Association Chadoora), Bench No. 5 Comprised of Ms. Massarat Jabeen (Munsiff JMIC Magam) In-charge (Additional Special Mobile Magistrate, Beerwah) and Ms. Arfana Anjum (Advocate). Bench No. 6 comprised of Ms. Fakhar un Nissa (Munsiff JMIC Chararisharief) and Mr. N.A Mashooq (President, Bar Association Chararisharief).
Cases for settlement included cases of Civil, Criminal Compoundable, Cheque bounce, 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, Labour, Revenue, Matrimonial disputes, land disputes, BSNL cases, municipality cases and other Government schemes etc.
Nonetheless, a total number of 1597 matters were taken up for their amicable settlement, out of which 981 matters were settled.
Besides, an amount of Rs. 11,27,49,417/- was realized in total in the settlement.