- EARLIER WAS TO BE ORGANIZED ON APRIL 14
LUDHIANA, April 10 (000): National Lok Adalat will be held in Ludhiana, Khanna, Jagraon and Payal courts on April 22, 2018, in which cases including civil, compoundable criminal, revenue, traffic challan, claims, motor vehicle and others would be taken up for disposal.
Earlier, the National Lok Adalat was scheduled to be organized on April 14.
Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Secretary Dr. Gurpreet Kaur said that the decision taken into these Lok Adalats is the final, which cannot be challenged into any other courts. She claimed that Lok Adalats save time and money of the people and help in maintaining peace in the society.
She further informed that Civil cases like rent, bank recovery, Easementary rights, Revenue Cases, MNREGA, Electricity & Water Bills (excluding theft cases), Service matters relating to pay and allowances and retiral benefits, Forest Act cases, Disaster Compensation, Criminal Compoundable Cases, Complaints under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, Covered matters, would be taken up by the Courts of Civil Judges or Judicial Magistrates in the Lok Adalat.
Dr. Gurpreet Kaur also said that Lok Adalat is the best way to achieve cheap and quicker resolution of disputes. The disputes resolved through Lok Adalat are on the basis of mutually acceptable terms, she added.
