Rashtriya lok Adalats were held at various courts at different places in Ganjam district on Saturday on behalf of the District legal Services Authority (DlSA) on Saturday.
The lok Adalat held at Brahmapur by four benches disposed of as many as 115 motor vehicle accident cases and issued direction for distribution of compensation of Rs 2,07,40,200. The benches were headed by District Judge Malay Ranjan Dash, MACT Judge Ananda Charan Behera, First Additional District Judge Rekha Prasad and Second ADJ Nilagiri Jena.
A total of 798 criminal cases were too disposed of and Rs 9,19,263 was collected towards compensation. Besides, 87 civil cases and 39 family dispute cases were resolved. About 200 pre-litigation cases were resolved though banks and a total of fines of Rs 53,63,037 was collected.
While Senior Civil Judge Gyanendra Kumar Barik, Additional Senior Civil Judge Bidyadhar Prusty, Second Additional Senior Civil Judge Kamala Kant Nayak and Junior Civil Judge Biswajit Nayak disposed of the civil cases. Similarly, Special Judicial Magistrate Sarat Chandra Pattanaik and all JMFCs finalised the criminal cases.
The lok Adalat held under guidance of District Judge-cum-DlSA Chairma Malaya Ranjan Dash were managed by DlSA Secretary Gundicha Samant Singhar. Registrar Dillip Kumar Biswal, CJM Pranati Shah, ACJM Saroj Kumar Das provided all supports.