SRINAGAR: In pursuance to the National Legal Service Authority calendar and under the directions of J&K Legal Services Authority, the 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.

The matters placed before the benches included 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, matrimonial disputes, land disputes, BSNL cases, municipality cases and other Government schemes etc.

At Srinagar, under the insightful directions and patronage of the Chief Justice, Justice Tashi Rabstan, who is also the Executive Chairman JK LSA and the guidance of Jawad Ahmad, Chairman DLSA Srinagar, first National Lok Adalat of year 2023, was held today at District Court Complex Srinagar.

Meanwhile, a total of 10 Benches were constituted by DLSA Srinagar for settlement of cases. The constituted benches took up 23576 matters for their amicable settlement, out of which 21133 matters were settled. An amount of Rs. 55,495,608 was realized in total in the Lok Adalat settlement. The settlement matters included 52 MACT matters.

KR Desk