Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 20: The 7th Special Lok Adalat of the current calendar year was organized throughout the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir under the patronage of Justice Tashi Rabstan, Chief Justice (Acting), High Court of J&K and Ladakh (Patron-in-Chief & Executive Chairman, J&K Legal Services Authority) and under the guidance of Justice Sindhu Sharma (Chairperson, High Court Legal Services Committee).
During the Lok Adalat, special emphasis was laid on amicable settlement of Bank Recovery cases that were pending disposal before various courts in J&K. As per the data received from various District Legal Services Authorities across J&K, a total of 885 cases were taken up in the Special Lok Adalat, out of which 228 cases were amicably settled involving a total amount of Rs 5,23,66,443 giving a huge relief to the litigants.
Member Secretary, J&K Legal Services Authority, Amit Kumar Gupta, while talking to media persons informed that this was the 7th Special Lok Adalat of the current calendar year and the next special Lok Adalat shall be held on August 10 (Saturday) focusing on the settlement of Criminal Compoundable Cases. He urged the advocates in general and the litigants in particular to take maximum benefit of such Special Lok Adalats which are being organized by the J&K Legal Services Authority.
In Kathua district, a Special Lok Adalat on Bank cases was organized by District Legal Services Authority Kathua at District Court Complex Kathua under the guidance of Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Kathua (also Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kathua) Ashok Kumar Shavan.
Two Benches for settling the referred Bank cases were constituted in which Bench number 1 was comprised of Surinder Kumar Thapa (Special Mobile Magistrate, Kathua) and Neena Thakur (Ld. Distt Mobile Magistrate, Kathua). Bench number 2 was comprised of Poonam Gupta (Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Billawar) and Jyoti Bhagat (Munsiff JMIC, Billawar).
A total number of 160 Bank cases were taken up for their amicable settlement out of which 14 cases were settled and an amount of Rs 22,52,648 was realized as settlement amount.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
