Rajouri: As per the direction of NALSA, 1st National Lok Adalat pertaining to all types of cases was held at District Court Complex, Rajouri and in all other Courts of District Rajouri under the Chairmanship of Rajinder Sapru, Chairman District legal Service Authority (Principal District & Sessions Judge). Two benches were constituted for hearing the cases. The first bench was headed by Rajinder Sapru ( Principal District & Sessions Judge) assisted by Javed Rana ( Chief Judicial Magistrate) and Khilat Bhat Advocate, while the Second Bench was headed by Rayaz Ahmed Choudhary (Sub-Judge Special Mobile Magistrate Rajouri) assisted by Shavika Gupta( District Mobile Magistrate ( Traffic), Rajouri and Sanjay Sharma Advocate. Similar benches were also constituted at Tehsil Level which were headed by the Presiding Officers of the respective Courts.
A total No. of 914 cases Pre-Litigation and Post-Litigation cases were taken up out of which 425 Cases were disposed of. An amount of Rs 2,21,99,336 (Two Crore Twenty one Lakh ninety nine thousand three hundred & Thirty Six only) was realized as compensation.
From the court of Principal District & Sessions Judge, Rajouri & Additional District & Sessions Judge Rajouri ,51 MACT cases were taken up out of which 51 were settled and amount of Rs. 1,80,10,000 ( One Crore Eight Lakh and ten thousand only) was awarded as compensation in those cases. In this National Lok Adalat, representatives of Banks, Advocates of different Insurance companies, Bar members, PLVs, Staff members, Litigants and a large number of people participated.
National Lok Adalt settles 827 cases at Udhampur
The first National Lok Adalat for the year 2025 was held here on Saturday under the Chairmanship and Supervision of Virinder Singh Bhou, Chairman DLSA/ Pr. District & Sessions Judge and Dr. Smriti Sharma, Secretary.
A total number of 1288 cases pertaining to different nature were taken up by 10 benches constituted across the District, out of which 827 cases were settled. The total Amount settled was at Rs. 17994927
Bench first comprising Virinder Singh Bhou, Pr. District & Sessions Judge, and Kamlesh Pandit Additional District & Sessions Judge.
Bench 2 consisted of Rekha Kapoor, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Pooja Raina, Sub Judge/Special Mobile Magistrate Udhampur; Bench No. 3 comprised Rishabh Koushal, District Mobile Magistrate (T), Udhampur and Adv. Nikhileshwar Singh Panel Lawyer, Udhampur; Bench no. 4 comprised Akashdeep, Additional Special Mobile Magistrate, Udhampur and Adv. Malikarjun Singh Slathia, Panel Lawyer Udhampur; Bench No. 05 composed of Suhasini Vasisatha, Chairman TLSC Majalta and Adv. Mohan Lal Gupta, Panel Lawyer, DLSA Majalta; Bench No. 06 consisted of Ravinder Singh, Chairman TLSC Chenani and Adv. Balwan Singh, Panel Lawyer, DLSA Chenani, Bench No. 07 comprised Jai Singh, Tehsildar Udhampur and Adv. Akhil Dubey, Panel Lawyer, DLSA Udhampur, Bench No. 08 comprised Satish Kumar, Tehsildar Ramnagar and Adv. Vikrant Sharma, Advocate Ramnagar, Bench No. 09 comprised Diksha Bamba, Tehsildar Majalat and Adv. Amit Sharma, Advocate Majalta and Bench No. 10 comprised of Pankaj Singh, Tehsildar Chenani along with Adv. Ajmer Singh Katoch, Advocate Chenani.
