National legal Services Authority under the leadership of Justice Anil R Dave, Judge Supreme Court of India organised National lok Adalat at all levels from sub-division level courts to the Supreme Court on Saturday.
The National lok Adalat was organised in the District Court, Chandigarh under the guidance of Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar, the Acting Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court and Patron-in-Chief, State legal Services Authority, UT Chandigarh.
Justice Surya Kant, Executive Chairman, State legal Services Authority, Chandigarh and Justice M. Jeyapaul, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Administrative Judge, Chandigarh Sessions Division, were also present.
Twelve Benches headed by the serving Judicial Officers were constituted in the District Courts, Sector 43. The cases relating to MACT, Insurance Claims and Traffic/STA/Shop Act Challans were taken up and disposed off with the consent of the parties.
Mahavir Singh, Member Secretary, State legal Services Authority and Amarinder Sharma, Secretary, DlSA, also visited the benches and pursued the cases for amicable settlement.
In Saturday’s National lok Adalat, a total of 6,606 cases were disposed off. Out of them ten MACT cases were settled and a sum of `32,64,770 was awarded as compensation, approximately 6,526 Traffic Challans were disposed off and a sum of `4,00,850 was realised as fine, 50 cases pertaining to STA, Shop Act and Company Act were disposed and `92,700 was imposed and realised as fine, 19 Untraced Reports were settled and one Civil Suit pertaining to the amount of `30 lakh was also settled between the parties.
Mahavir Singh, Member Secretary, State legal Services Authority and Amarinder Sharma, Secretary, DlSA thanked the general public for making the lok Adalat a sucess.
They appealed to resolve the disputes through the lok Adalats as it provides quick and economical justice. It also saves the valuable time, money and energy of the litigants. Every award of the lok Adalat is final and no appeal lies against the same.