Lok Adalat held in District, other Courts of Poonch district

27/09/2022

POONCH, Sep 26: A Lok Adalat, under the supervision of Supreme Court and High Court of J&K, was organized today in District and other Courts across Poonch. Judicial Officers, Bar Members, Bank Employees, litigants and the general public participated with full enthusiasm. Starting the Lok Adalat, Chairman, DLSA Poonch Ashok Kumar Shavan (Pr. District & Sessions Judge) highlighted the positive aspects of Lok Adalat and described it as the need of the hour. He stressed upon the general public to come forward to take benefit of these Lok Adalat.
At District H.Q, four benches were constituted. The First bench was presided by Ashok Kumar Shavan Chairman DLSA (Pr. Distt & Sessions Judge) Poonch. Second Bench was presided by Madan Lal CJM (Chairman TLSC Poonch). Third Bench was presided over by Sarfraz Nawaz, Special mobile magistrate Poonch. Fourth Bench was presided over by Tabraiz Ahmed Mobile Magistrate (T) Poonch. The Surankote bench was presided over by Manzoor Ahmed Khan, Chairman TLSC, while the Mendhar bench was presided over by Shazia Choudhary, Chairman TLSC (JMIC). A total no of 200 cases were taken up in the Lok Adalat including civil, criminal, MACT, Bank Recovery, Pre-Litigation and other cases. Out of these, 151 cases were settled by the benches by way of Mediation, Conciliation and compromise. Twenty one Criminal cases, 20 civil cases were also decided and an amount of Rs. 2065950 was settled. Light refreshment was also served to all the participants.

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