As per the direction of National legal Services Authority, a National lok Adalat on Criminal Compoundable matters was organised in all the 24 districts of Jharkhand on Saturday. In the said National lok Adalat large numbers of pre-litigation cases as well as pending cases have been disposed.
As many as 5209 cases were taken up among which 3,231 were disposed today after the entire procedure.
“Only criminal compoundable matters were taken up today. Every second Saturday of each month the lok Adalat is organised on several issues as listed by National legal Services Authority (NAlSA). The lok Adalats can deal with all Civil Cases, Matrimonial Disputes, land Disputes, Partition/Property Disputes, labour Disputes and compoundable criminal Cases,” said Deputy Secretary of Jharkhand State legal Services Authority (JHAlSA), Rajesh Kumar.
Providing the details about the lok Adalat and its relevance in modern time Kumar further added, “The lok Adalats held by the State Authority, District Authority, Supreme Court legal Services Committee, High Court legal Services Committee, or Taluk legal Services Committee. They are held periodically for exercising such jurisdiction as they determine. These are usually presided over by retired judges, social activists, or other members of the legal profession.”