The National Lok Adalat organised by the District Legal Services Authority [DLSA] was held here on Saturday. District Judge cum DLSA Chairman Ananda Chandra Behera inaugurated the one-day camp.
As many as 710 cases relating to civil, criminal, family and marriage disputes, besides bank and insurance cases, were taken up for adjudication. Of from them 122 cases were disposed of and an amount Rs 1,27,24,500 was collected from several litigants and different agencies.Out of 2,318 bank cases, only 109 cases were settled. Family Court Judge Dr Jiban Jyoti Rath, ADJ Malabika Bhuyan, CJM Priyaranjan Mishra, Sub Judge Sasi Rekha Mishra, SDJM Ritupurna Mishra, Registrar Civil Court Mahaswata Parija, Munsaf Bishnu Prasad Devata, DLSA secretary Kamalakanta Mohapatra, public prosecutor Salil Kumar Ghose and social activist Susama Pradhan participated in the Lok Adalat.
Similarly, another Lok Adalat was organised in Kujanga Court, where Additional District Judge Pranab Kumar Routray , Sub Judge Priyaranjan Mishra and JMFC Sunita Mishra conducted the legal proceedings of different cases. While JMFC Susanta Kumar Nayak conducted the Lok Adalat in Tirtol court premises, Village Court Judge Dr Sumitra Bisoi conducted Lok Adalat in Raghunathpur.