SRINAGAR: In pursuance to the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) calendar, and under the directions of Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority, the Ist National Lok Adalat was held today across all the districts of Kashmir division by the respective District Legal Services Authorities (DLSAs).
The Lok Adalat was held under the directions of Justice Tashi Rabstan, Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh (Patron in Chief, J&K Legal Services Authority), and Atul Sreedharan Executive Chairman J&K Legal Services Authority.
Lok Adalat is an alternative dispute redressal mechanism where disputes and cases pending in courts of law or at the pre-litigation stage are settled or compromised amicably to reduce the load on the regular court system.
The matters placed before the benches included cases of Civil, Criminal Compoundable, Cheque bounce, Bank matters, MACT, Land Compensation, Matrimonial, Electricity, and Pre-litigation matters referred by DLSA Budgam, which included electricity related issues/matters, bank recovery matters, PHE matters, Social Welfare Scheme matters, Labour cases, Revenue, Matrimonial disputes, land disputes, BSNL cases, municipality cases and other Government scheme related matters.
