A National lok Adalat organised here on Sunday disposed of as many as 7,223 cases through mutual consent and agreement where a sum of Rs 17.36 crore as compensation, fine and bank loans was recovered.
A total of 24 courts, including 10 revenue courts, seven criminal and seven civil courts, were set up to deal with pending cases pertaining to civil, criminal, motor accident claims, consumer, revenue, matrimonial disputes and bank, said District legal Services Authority(DlSA) secretary lN Raychoudhury.
District Judge Bijay Kumar Mohanty, CJM Rabinarayan Panda, Susil Kumar Rout, senior Civil Judge lN Raychoudhury, Judge (PC) lok Adalat Biswaswar Biswa Prakash Ray, Civil Judge Madhumita Mohanty, SDJM Amaresh Mohapatra, JMFC Aparna Mohaptra, among others, decided the cases.
The benches settled 48 civil cases, including four money suits, and provided a sum of Rs 2.45 lakh to the defendants. 72 motor vehicle accident cases were disposed of and a sum of compensation worth Rs 1.07 crore was provided to the deceased’s family members and the injured.
As many as 2,020 criminal cases were disposed and fine worth Rs 2.89 lakh was realized. In 3,788 revenue cases, the Adalat collected a fine amount of Rs 4.42 lakh.
Similarly, four consumer cases were settled and a sum of Rs 4 lakh realised. 1,251 bank related cases were settled and a sum of about Rs 16.58 crore was recovered as loan debts. 40 matrimony cases also were settled.