As many as 1,45,779 cases were taken up before the 336 benches of the National Lok Adalat, which was organized throughout the state of Punjab on Saturday. Arun Gupta, District & Sessions Judge-cum-Member Secretary, Punjab State Legal Services Authority said that during this mega event of National Lok Adalat, conducted under the leadership of Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, Justice, Punjab & Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of Punjab State Legal Services Authority, various long pending matters (pre-litigative and pending) relating to matrimonial disputes, property disputes, cheque bounce cases, labour matters, criminal compoundable cases, cancellation/untraced reports of various FIRs etc. were taken up and awards were passed with the consent of the parties.