Lok Adalat setttles 90 cases

STATE TIMES NEWS

SAMBA: A monthly Lok Adalat was held here at District Court Complex, Samba under Chairmanship of M.A. Chowdhary, Chairman DLSA (Principal District & Sessions Judge), for settlement of various cases.
Three Benches were constituted – with Bench no I headed by M.A. Chowdhary (Pr. District & Sessions Judge), Samba and assisted by Swati Gupta, Secretary, DLSA,, taking up MACT & Bank cases, Pre-litigation matters and all cases referred by District Judge which was.
The Bench also disposed of one Recovery suit, referred by District Court Samba through E- mode wherein one party participated in the proceedings from Chennai, Tamil Naidu through virtual mode. A settlement of Rs. 1,35,000 was awarded in the suit which was settled amicably.
The Second bench, headed by VinodKumar (Chief Judicial Magistrate), Samba and assisted by Madhu Khajuria (Addl. Spl. Mobile Magistrate), took up, Cr. Compoundable cases, Matrimonial Cases, NI Act and Petty offences and all other Civil Suits. The Third bench, comprising Pooja Raina (Munsiff), Samba & RashiVerma (Addl. Munsiff), Samba, took up Matrimonial Cases, Cr. Compoundable cases, NI Act and Petty offences and all other Civil Suits. The representatives of Banks, Insurance Companies, Advocates and Litigants participated in the Lok Adalat. A total 112 cases were taken up by the Benches out of which 90 cases were disposed of amicably and an amount of Rs. 36,35,500 was settled.