Gurugram Lok Adalat settles over 74,000 cases, totalling Rs 10.84 cr

Over 74,500 cases, with a total amount of Rs 10.84 crores, were settled in the National Lok Adalat held in Gurugram on Saturday, an official said. According to an official statement, the District Legal Services Authority, Gurugram, under the direction of District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman, DLSA Narendra Sura, organised the National Lok Adalat at the District Court premises. People received swift and accessible justice through 21 benches. One special Lok Adalat bench was also established in the sub-divisions of Sohna and Pataudi, the statement said. Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, DLSA Gurugram, Nisha, said that approximately 1,36,010 cases pending in various courts, including Sohna and Pataudi, and in the pre-litigation category, were presented at the National Lok Adalat. Of these, 74,633 cases, with a total amount of Rs 10,84,26,614, were settled by mutual consent and agreement, she added. ''To assist the public, 10 help desks were also set up in the court premises, where paralegal volunteers provided necessary information and assistance,'' Nisha said. In addition, a special traffic help desk was established for the speedy resolution of traffic challans, facilitating the public in obtaining information about their challans and in obtaining prompt resolution, she added.

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