Question: Recently Lok Adalats were in news as 24778 cases settled in J&K, 493 in Ladakh during day-long. Where was first time Lok Adalat held in?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Kerla
(d) Tamilnadu
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:
- The first time Lok Adalat was held in Gujarat in 1982.
- Section 22 B of The Legal Services Authorities Act 1987 provides for the establishment of Permanent Lok Adalats (PLA) for exercising jurisdiction in respect of one or more public utility services (PUS).
- During the day-long National Lok Adalats held across J&K, 32601 cases were taken up by 128 benches at various courts across the UT of J&K and out of them 24778 cases were settled amicably, and an amount of Rs 50,60,75,876 was awarded as compensation/settlement amount.
- Likewise, in Ladakh a total of 608 cases were taken up by 8 benches and 493 cases were disposed of and an amount of Rs 3,59,84,519 was awarded as compensation/settlement amount.
- A National Lok Adalat was organized by the Tehsil Legal Services Committee, Majalta at Munsiff Court Complex, Majalta under the chairmanship of Priyanka Mahajan Munsif Chairman Tehsil Legal Services Committee (TLSC), Majalta.
- A Bench was constituted for holding the said National Lok Adalat which was presided over by Priyanka Majahan and assisted by Karnal Singh Naib Tehsildar Majalta. During the Lok Adalat, a total of 27 cases pertaining to compoundable civil and criminal nature were taken up, out of which 17 cases were disposed off.
- Thirty-four cases of Traffic Challans were also disposed of and a compounding fine of Rs 21,690 was recovered on spot.
- A day-long National Lok Adalat was organized at District Court Complex Baramulla under the chairmanship of Principal District & Sessions Judge Baramulla Mohammad Yousuf Wani.
BY: AMIT GUPTA