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Haryana: 2nd National Lok Adalat held in 22 Districts and 34 Sub-Divisions
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, May 12, 2024- Haryana State Legal Services Authority organized its 2nd National Lok Adalat of the year under the guidance of Justice Arun Palli, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman, Haryana State Legal Services Authority across the State of Haryana on 11th May 2024.
Giving more information in this regard, an official spokesperson said that the National Lok Adalat was organized in 22 Districts and 34 Subdivisions of Haryana.
Several cases were taken up about "Civil, Criminal, Matrimonial, Bank Recovery, etc." including the cases of Permanent Lok Adalats (Public Utility Services) working in the ADR Centres. The purpose of holding National Lok Adalat is to facilitate a platform for the litigants to settle their disputes amicably, he added.
He informed ṭhat Hon’ble Justice Arun Palli, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman, HALSA along with Sh. Surya Partap Singh, Ld. Member Secretary, Sh. Akshdeep Mahajan, Joint Member Secretary, Haryana State Legal Services Authority, other officers from High Court and other supporting staff of HALSA monitored the Lok Adalats through video conferencing.
They also interacted with the Benches as well as with the parties and gave guidelines to the Benches. Justice Arun Palli emphasized that Lok Adalat is an effective alternative dispute resolution method for ensuring quick and final consensual disposal of cases binding on the parties without incurring any extra cost or fees.
Lok Adalats not only settle pending disputes or disputes going to arise between parties but it also ensures social harmony as parties to dispute settle their cases amicably to their full satisfaction.
The spokesperson further apprised that with the sheer efforts of benches, cases were settled amicably between the parties which were pending for a long time.
Total No. of 2,56,589 cases both at pre-litigative and pending stage were settled thereby settling an amount of more than Rs.110 Crore between the parties, he added.