Lok Adalat held at Jammu

JAMMU, OCTOBER 25: Lok Adalat under the Chairmanship of V. C Koul (Chairman DLSA) was today organized at District Court complex Jammu for taking up cases for settlement. Three benches were constituted for the said purpose. Bench No.1 which was headed by V. C. Koul (Pr. District and Sessions Judge Jammu) and assisted by Presiding Officer Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Jatinder Singh Jamwal heard 45 cases out of which 19 cases with an amount of Rs. 89,30,000 were settled.

 The second Bench was headed by Additional District Judge (Bank Cases) Jammu, Bala Jyoti, and assisted by City Judge Jammu, Surinder Singh. A total of 20 cases were taken up by the bench out of which 19 post Litigation and 1 Pre-Litigation case with an amount of Rs.28637361 were settled on spot.

Third Bench constituting of CJM Jammu, Ashwani Kumar Sharma and assisted by Forest Magistrate Jammu, Wangial Tsering took up 9 cases out of which 2 civil cases were settled.

 The representative of banks, insurance companies, advocates and litigants participated in the Lok Adalat.