Meeting with various departments regarding upcoming national Lok Adalat held in Mohali
Babushahi Bureau
SAS Nagar, June 15, 2022:
As per the schedule of the National Legal Services Authority, New Delhi, the third National Lok Adalat of the year 2022 will be held on 13.08.2022 in which Criminal Compoundable Offences, NI Act cases under Section-138, Bank Recovery Cases, MACT Cases, Bank Recovery Cases, MACT Cases, Matrimonial Disputes, Labour dispute cases, Land Acquisition cases, Electricity and Water Bills (Excluding non-compoundable theft cases), Service matters relating to pay and allowances and retiral benefits, Revenue Cases, Other Civil Cases (Rent, elementary Rights, injunction Suits, specific performance suits) cases shall be taken up.
In this regard, Baljinder Singh Maan, Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar convened a virtual meeting with the representatives of the Departments of Communication, Banks, Insurance Companies, Electricity Department, and Water Supply & Sanitation Department and they were asked to identify the cases which may be settled in the National Lok Adalat. They were impressed upon to file pre-litigative cases in the National Lok Adalat for settlement at the pre-litigation stage. They disclosed the benefits of National Lok Adalat that even pre-litigative cases can be taken up in it without filing a regular case and without affixing a court fee. They were also apprised about the refund of the court fees in the pending cases in which settlement between the parties is arrived at in the Lok Adalat.