More than 83K cases disposed of in national Lok Adalat held across J&K

Srinagar, Nov 12: More than 83,000 cases were disposed of and an amount of around Rs. 128.70 crore was awarded as compensation or settlement amount in various cases including civil, criminal, during the National Lok Adalat held throughout the union territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday
The national Adalat was held under the leadership of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Chief Justice and Patron-in-Chief, J&K and Justice Sindhu Sharma, Chairperson, High Court Legal Services Committee.
As per the information received from the districts, out of a total number of 94,839 cases taken up by 119 benches in the day long national Lok Adalat at various courts across the UT of J&K, “83,082 cases were disposed of and an amount of Rs. 128,62,87,728 was awarded as compensation/settlement amount in civil, criminal, labour disputes, electricity and water bills cases, land acquisition, family matters, cheque dishonor and bank recovery cases.
Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Chief Justice and Patron-in-Chief, J&K Legal Services Authority inaugurated the National Lok Adalat in District Court Complex Jammu.
Thereafter, Justice Magrey, inspected different benches of the National LokAdalat in District Court Complex as well as in the Srinagar Wing of the High Court to have first-hand information about the cases being taken up and disposed of in the National Lok Adalat.
In order to have maximum response and settlements between the parties in cases like MACT, matrimonial, cheque bounce cases under NI Act, Money recovery cases, etc., it was advised to organize pre-lok Adalat sittings or pre-counselling sessions well before the date of National Lok Adalat so that parties may get one or more chances for entering into negotiation/dialogue with the opposite parties.
Apart this, webinars were organized to sensitize the officers of Legal Services Authorities/Committees, Panel Lawyers and PLVs about the importance of LokAdalat as a mode for Alternate Dispute Resolution.
Member Secretary, J&K Legal Services Authority, M.K.Sharma thanked all the participants including the Judicial Officers, Secretaries DLSA’s, Advocates, representatives of insurance companies & banks, staff of the courts & Legal Services Institutions & litigants for their pragmatic approach in settlement of cases in such a large number.