A total of 269 cases amounting to `4.95 lakh were settled during the four-day mega lok Adalat held on civil court premises on Saturday.
On the concluding day of four-day mega lok adalat organised by district legal services authority on Saturday, 209 cases were settled while `4.29 lakh were collected as fine through six formed benches.
Arun Kumar Singh, District Judge first, AK Arya chairman of permanent lok adalat, Kiran Kumari member of State woman commission, Judicial Magistrates, advocates, court staff, Pramod Chaudhary, Ranjit Kumar Singh, Rajkumar Raut and others were present during the programme.
Dinesh Kumar Singh, District and Session Judge inaugurated the lok adalat. District Judge addressed the gathering during the inaugural session and said, “lok adalat is a system of alternative dispute resolution developed in India. It roughly means "People’s court". India has had a long history of resolving disputes through the mediation of village elders”.