District and Sessions Judge Kanwaljit Singh Bajwa Reviews the preparation of the National Lok Adalat
National Lok Adalat will be held in Nawanshahr and Balachaur on February 11
Parmod Bharti
Nawanshahr, February 3, 2023:
Chairing a meeting of the judicial officers of the district to take stock of the preparations for the National Lok Adalat to be scheduled on February 11 in the district, District and Sessions Judge Kanwaljit Singh Bajwa asked them to sensitise people as much as possible to decide their cases through the National Lok Adalat.
He said that the National Lok Adalat will be held simultaneously in all the courts at District Court, Nawanshahr and Sub Divisional Court, Balachaur.
He said that the cognizable cases pending at the court and the cases on pre-litigative stage will be settled with the consent of both the parties during the National Lok Adalat. He asked the judicial officers of various courts present in the meeting to encourage such people whose matters are pending with their respective courts to get these settled in Lok Adalat.
The District and Sessions Judge while listing the details of the cases that can be kept for disposal in the National Lok Adalat on February 11, said that cases related to insurance companies, bank loans, traffic challans, water bills, criminal compoundable cases, Cheque Bounce Cases, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal cases, Matrimonial disputes, Labour disputes, Electricity bill cases, BSNL cases, Cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, Salary, Allowances and Retirement benefits, cases related to Revenue Department (pending at District and High court level), money recovery cases and other cases can be heard in the Lok Adalat. He asked all the judicial officers to refer such cases pending in their respective courts with the consent of the petitioners to the National Lok Adalat so that these cases can be disposed of promptly and competently. He also asked to make the common people who come to their courts more aware about the National Lok Adalat.