Reasi  Lok Adalat settles 307 cases with over Rs 27 Lakh

REASI, December 09: Under the directions of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tashi Rabstan, Executive Chairman, JKLSA and Chairmanship of Mrs. Sonia Gupta Chairperson DLSA Reasi (Pr. District & Sessions Judge Reasi, District Legal Services Authority Reasi today organized a National Lok Adalat here in the District Court Complex.

Five Benches including 3 at District Court Complex Reasi and one each at Katra and Mahore, were constituted for settling the referred cases.

 The Bench No.1 comprised of Mrs. Sonia Gupta, Pr. District & Sessions Judge Reasi, Mr. Shailendar Bhardwaj, President Bar Association Reasi and Advocate K.K. Dubey; Bench No. 2 consisted of Mrs. Archana Charak, Chief Judicial Magistrate,  Mrs. Arti Devi, Munsiff JMIC Reasi and Senior Advocate R.K. Sharma; Bench No. 3 included Ms. Priyanka Mahajan, Additional Mobile Magistrate, Reasi, Advocate Mrs. Rashi Baru, Deputy Chief Legal Aid Defence Counsel and Advocate Mrs. Shazia Punjabi;   Bench No. 4  consisted of Mr Sunil Kumar, Sub-Judge Katra, Mr Lakshay Badyal, Munsiff, Katra, and  Advocate Sh. Parvesh Kant, President Bar Association, Katra; Bench No. 5 comprised of Ch. Ghulam Murtaza, Munsiff, Mahore, Advocate Abdul Gani Bhatt, President Bar Association, Mahore and Advocate Imran Akram, Mahore.

The matters placed before the Benches included Civil, Criminal Compoundable, Cheque Bounce, Recovery matters, MACT, Matrimonial and Pre-litigation matters. A total number of 501 cases were taken up for amicable settlement out of which 307 cases were settled and an amount of Rs 2725172 was realized as settlement amount.