A camp court of the Odisha State Commission for Women was organised on Friday in the district headquarters town.
Inaugurating the court, Chairperson of the Commission Dr Minati Behera stressing on the resolving family disputes by mutual understanding also said that the camp court was organised for the convenience of the affected persons who need to go to Bhubaneswar for redressal of their grievances.
The court while listed 71 cases, 37 cases were taken up. While in nine cases, both the parties were present, in19 cases, only petitioners were present. In the rest 10 cases, only respondents were present. 10 cases were resolved through mutual consents; one case was referred to the Superintendent of Police and two other cases were referred to the Protection Officer. Notices for 24 cases were dispatched.
Members of the Commission Swarnalata Samal, Arati Singh and Jalina Priyadarshini attending the court also spoke about the objective of organising camp courts across the State. District Collector K Sudarshan Chakravarthy and Additional SP Manoranjan Samal too were present in the court. District Social Welfare Officer Kusumbala Mishra and other officials coordinated.