The State legal Services Authority (SlSA) will organise quarterly lok Adalat on August 30 in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. In this lok Adalat, criminal compoundable cases and traffic challans, Negotiable Instruments Act Cases under Section 138, Matrimonial and Maintenance of woman and children cases, labour Disputes, land Acquisition Cases, Civil Cases, Service Matters, Pre-litigative cases etc will be decided with the mutual consent of the parties. A spokesperson said that special benches of the lok Adalat comprising Judges, retired judicial officers, social workers, doctors and legal aid panel advocates have been constituted, who shall take up cases of different categories for disposal. In order to help the litigant, public help desks have been established by the State legal Services Authority on each floor of the District Courts Complex, Chandigarh. The lok Adalat will be held under Justice Ashutosh Mohunta, the Acting Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court and under the guidance of Justice Hemant Gupta, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of State legal Services Authority Chandigarh at District Courts Complex, Sector 43 here.
The spokesperson added that the success of the adalat shall reduce the pendency of the cases and give relief to the litigating parties from protracted litigation. The legal Services Authorities Act provides for refund of the Court fee to the party who paid it, if case is disposed off in the lok Adalat by mutual consent. The decision passed by the lok Adalat is final having no provision for appeal and fully enforceable like any other decree of the Court passed after contest.