SAMBA, SEPTEMBER 13: As per the directions of Executive Chairman J&K Legal Services Authority, 3rd National Lok Adalat for the year, 2025 was Saturday organised at District Court Complex, Samba.
The National Lok Adalat was inaugurated by R. N. Wattal, Pr. District & Sessions Judge (Chairman District Legal Services Authority, Samba).
Three benches were constituted for expeditious disposal of Cases (Pre and Post Litigation); The Bench No.1 was presided over by R. N. Wattal, Pr. District & Sessions Judge (Chairman District Legal Services Authority, Samba) alongside Arvind Sharma, Addl District & Sessions Judge and assisted by Advocate Ajay Gupta. The Bench No.2 consisted of Chief Judicial Magistrate Umesh Sharma, Munsiff(JMIC) Himani Parihar and Advocate Renu Bala; The Bench No. 3 comprised Addl. Spl. Mobile Magistrate Rashi Verma, Addl. Munsiff Kritika Sethi and Advocate Vijay Gupta.
The matters placed before the Benches included Civil, Criminal Compoundable, Cheque Bounce, Bank Recovery matters, MACT, Matrimonial, Pre-litigation matters, D.V. Act, Negotiable Instrument Act, 125 Cr.Pc. and Petty Offence(s) including traffic challans. A total number of 335 cases were taken up for their amicable settlement out of which 156 cases were settled and an amount of Rs 2,64,63,065/- was realized as settlement amount.
