As many as 6,209 cases were disposed of in the National Lok Adalat held on the premises of Civil Court Garhwa and Sub-Divisional court Nagar Untari, on Saturday.
The District Legal Service Authority under the aegis of National Authority and Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority organized the National Lok Adalat for pending matters and pre-litigation disputes at district court.
Principal District and Sessions Judge cum Chairman District Legal Services Authority, Garhwa Rajesh Sharan Singh, Family Court Judge, Ram Bachan Singh, District and Sessions Judge-I Sanjeev Kumar Singh, District and Sessions Judge-5 Vimlesh Kumar Sahay and DLSA Secretary Kumar Vipul jointly inaugurated the program after lightening the lamp.
During the inaugural session, the Family Court Judge discussed the history, importance and objectives of National Lok Adalat.
Principal District and Sessions Judge Rajesh Sharan Singh highlighted the importance of National Lok Adalat in detail. He said that the upliftment of the society will have to be done by the people of the society and the District Legal Services Authority is always ready for this. The District Legal Services Authority solves every problem related to every village of the society. He further said that the District Legal Services Authority is an integrated institution of court, administration and police. Which works in a coordinated manner for the people and solves their problems.
A total of 21 benches were formed for the successful organization of today's National Lok Adalat. In which Ram Bachan Singh, Judge Family Court, Sanjeev Kumar Singh, District and Sessions Judge-I, Vimlesh Kumar Sahay, District and Sessions Judge-V, Manoj Kumar Tripathi, District and Sessions Judge, Nagar Untari, Santosh Anand Prasad, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Arvind Kachhap, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagar Untari, Sangeeta, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garhwa, Veena Kumari, Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Mohd. Javed Khan, Judicial Magistrate, Sharat Nishikant Kujur, Munsif, Garhwa, Ravi Chaudhary, Munsif, Nagar Untari, Krishna Lohra, Judicial Magistrate, Kanishk Rathod, Judicial Magistrate, Amit Khanna, Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Nagar Untari, Harshit Tiwari, Judicial Magistrate, Abhinav Kumar, Judicial Magistrate, Vijay Kumar Das, Judicial Magistrate, Kamal Nayan Pandey, President, Permanent Lok Adalat, Om Prakash Pandey, President, Consumer Forum.
About 6265 cases were kept for settlement, out of which 6209 cases were disposed of. Total 5580
pre-litigation matters were kept, out of which 5580 pre-litigation cases were solved. Total settlement amount in land acquisition cases, motor accident claims, cheque bounce cases and pre-litigation recovery cases is Rs3,31,89,190.30/- recovered.
The court personnel Mrigu Ram, Amar Kumar, Shyam Bihari, Sumitra Devi along with PLV Suryadev Chaudhary and Rajesh Kumar and the administration are also commendable in successfully organizing the National Lok Adalat.