More than 1 lakh cases were resolved in the Lok Adalat held across Chhattisgarh on Saturday. At Raipur, a 20-year-old land row was resolved while a complainant in another case joined the hearing virtually from Singapore.
Justice Goutam Bhaduri, Executive Chairman, Chhattisgarh State Legal Service Authority, Bilaspur, visited Raipur and Durg. He also interacted with litigants and advised them to resolve the cases with mutual agreement.
At Raipur, he said the Lok Adalat is a strong base of the judicial system where each category gets justice on a single platform, an official communication said.
In the bench of Judge Omprakash Sahu, a two-decade-old dispute over 2.50 acres of land was resolved after both parties agreed to a mutual settlement. Justice Bhaduri intervened to resolve it after interacting with both parties.
In the court of Additional District and Sessions judge Amit Rathore, a case pending for the last 12 years was resolved. The complainant in Singapore filed a case for non-payment. The case was heard virtually and an agreement was reached to pay the amount.
In the High Court of Bilaspur, four presiding officers resolved 99 cases, out of which 84 were related to motor accidents. An award of Rs 1,99,67,188 was given to the beneficiaries.
At Raipur, 56,000 cases were resolved out of the 60,000 taken up for hearing. The maximum number of cases were related to revenue and family courts as well as bouncing of cheques.