National lok adalat was organised at Hazaribagh civil court on Saturday February 27. Principal district and sessions judge Vishnu Kant Sahay inaugurated the lok adalat in which this time the stress was to solve the disputes of banks.
In this adalat 457 disputes were settled by negotiation and compromise. 16 banks in the district took part in the lok Adalat and sorted out 424 pre-litigation disputes with their customers and borrowers through their stalls. Banks collected `16777431 and settled the matters which were on the verge of going to the court. Two check bounce cases under negotiable instrument act were also settled.
To solve other disputes 6 benches worked and solved 31 cases. In these disputes settlement of an amount of `2845890 was made and `2141690 was realised. Among the cases solved 3 were motor accident claim in which two were settled and in one case execution was made. There was one case of matrimonial nature that was also compromised. 18 cases were of electricity act, 4 of forest and GR and one case was of BSNl.
Acting DlSA Secretary Rakesh Kumar remained active throughout the day to make this lok Adalat successful. Officers and staffs of Hazaribagh Civil Court, advocates of Hazaribagh Bar and officials of different departments also played an important role in solving the disputes.