At least 80 cases of various natures were settled in the 16th High Court-level mega lok Adalat held here on Saturday last. A whopping 58 cases pertaining to Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) cases were settled in which the insurance companies were directed to pay damage of Rs 1.27 crore to different claimants in these cases. As many as 591 cases, including 155 MACT ones, had been listed for disposal on the day.
Executive Chairman of Odisha State legal Services Authority Justice PK Mohanty, Chairman of HC legal Services Committee Justice MM Das and Justices Indrajit Mohanti, SC Parija, Dr AK Rath and Biswajit Mohanty of Odisha HC presided over the lok Adalat to adjudicate the matters. Out of 26 civil writ petitions listed, three were disposed of amicably among the parties. Similarly, four criminal writ petitions were settled among the 39 cases listed. But among 86 land acquisition cases, only one was disposed of as the parties in the remaining cases did not turn up, HC sources said. For the first time, bank securitisation matters were listed in the lok Adalat, and out of 285 listed, only 14 were disposed of.