Chandigarh, September 11
As many as 86,204 cases were today taken up by 378 Benches during the National Lok Adalat organised by the Punjab State Legal Services Authority across Punjab.
Another 255 cases were disposed of during the e-National Lok Adalat organised by the Punjab and Haryana High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC). In all 665 cases were listed before 10 Benches presided over by High Court judges as the president, and senior advocates as members.
The HCLSC adalat was organised under the patronage of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and guidance of Justice Augustine George Masih, a judge of the Punjab and Haryana HC and chairman, HC Legal Services Committee. A statement issued by the HC said the HCLSC was constantly adapting new norms and coming up with creative solutions in the face of the unprecedented situation created by the pandemic. The introduction of e-Lok Adalat was one such innovation and might continue in future.
The adalats in Punjab were held through physical as well as virtual mode under Justice Ajay Tewari, a judge of the Punjab and Haryana HC, and executive chairman of the Punjab State Legal Services Authority. Long pending matters relating to matrimony, property, cheque bounce and labour disputes, along with criminal compoundable cases, cancellation/ untraced reports of FIRs were taken up. — TNS
86,204 cases taken up at Lok Adalat
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