Hoshiarpur - District Legal Services Authority, Hoshiarpur today organized the third National Lok Adalat of the year in the district as per the guidelines of Punjab State Legal Services Authority, SAS Nagar. Various types of cases were heard in this Lok Adalat, including NI Act cases under Section 138 (pending and pre-litigation bank recovery cases), labor disputes, MACT, electricity and water bills (non-compoundable cases), matrimonial disputes, traffic challans, revenue matters and other civil and petty criminal matters.
This Lok Adalat was presided over by District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman District Legal Services Authority Hoshiarpur Dilbagh Singh Johal. A total of 27 benches were created for this Lok Adalat, including 11 benches in Hoshiarpur Judicial Courts, 4 in sub-division Dasuha, 3 in Mukerian and 2 in Garshankar. Along with this, 7 benches of revenue courts were established. A total of 16,172 cases were heard in the Lok Adalat of Hoshiarpur district, out of which 13,757 cases were disposed of on the spot. Along with this, awards of Rs.21,02,55,452 were issued.
During the Lok Adalat, the police department arranged a special help desk for the people who came to pay the traffic challan, so that they can easily pay their challan in the court. On this occasion District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman District Legal Services Authority Hoshiarpur Dilbagh Singh Johal along with Rajpal Rawal CJM-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Bar Association Hoshiarpur President Ranjit Kumar and Vice President Rajni Nanda. Also visited Lok Adalat benches. Bar Association Hoshiarpur extended full support in the successful completion of Lok Adalat.
Langar was arranged for the common people by the Secretary District Legal Services Authority with the support of Sri Guru Ram Das Langar Seva, with which everyone got convenience. CJM-cum-Secretary District Legal Services Authority, Rajpal Rawal appealed to the people to make the most of their cases in Lok Adalats, as it saves time and money. The decisions made in Lok Adalat are final and there is no appeal against them, this increases the love between the two parties.