3rd National Lok Adalat held in 11 district headquarters

•263 cases, disputes disposed off 
•Total settlement amount to Rs 3.14 crore

Kohima, SEPTEMBER 10 (MExN): The 3rd quarterly National Lok Adalat for the year 2023 was held in 11 district headquarters organized by the District Legal Services Authorities. On this event, 11 sitting bench were constituted in the respective district headquarters. 

The core aim of this people’s Court arrangement was to settle disputes/cases at pre-litigation stage, ie, even before the case is filed in the court and in addition some pending cases in the court of law which are admissible under the Lok Adalat regulation to be settled through compromised and amicable means, a press release issued by PRA, NSLSA informed.

A total of 263 cases/disputes were disposed of in the State Lok Adalat out of the total 1217 disputes/matters/cases listed for compromise settlement which includes cases in pending stage as well as in pre-litigation stage mostly in the category of bank recovery, Motor Accident Cases Tribunal (MACT) and other cases viz. public utility (telephone bills and matrimonial disputes). 

Settlement amount involved in some of the cases came to a total of Rs. 3, 14, 73,026/- (Three crore fourteen lakhs seventy three thousand twenty six thousand) only. 

Dimapur DLSA organised the 3rd National Lok Adalat at the District Court Complex. The sessions began after a short briefing by Chief Judicial Magistrate and DLSA Secretary, Seyielenuo Mezhü (NJS). 58 cases were disposed off with a settlement amount of Rs.1, 11, 81,536 (One crore eleven lakh eighty one thousand five hundred thirty six rupees. 

Longleng DLSA conducted National Lok Adalat at District Court Complex, Longleng along with SBI Longleng.

CJM cum Secretary, DLSA Khrievono Seletsu (NJS) was the presiding officer, Panel Lawyer, Panglang Y Phom and PLVs participated in the Lok Adalat. 10 bank recovery cases at pre-litigation were disposed off with a total settlement amount of Rs 5, 05,686. 

In Wokha, Nino Iralu, District & Sessions Judge cum Chairperson DLSA was the presiding officer. Panel Lawyers  Meribemo  A Lotha, and Shanchobeni P Lotha were  conciliator and Panel Lawyer Jacob Kikon, PLV Abigail Lotha and Daisy Tungoe  participated in the Lok Adalat. SBI, Bank of Baroda, Central Bank and NStCB participated in the Lok Adalat. 10 cases were taken up out of which 9 were loan or bank recovery cases (pre-litigation) and 1 was pending trial cases. Altogether 9 cases were disposed with a settlement amount of Rs.15, 88, 59.

At Zunheboto, Julian Sitlhou, JMFC cum Secretary DLSA was the presiding officer and Easter Yepthomi was the conciliator. All together 30 pre-litigation bank recovery cases were taken up and disposed off with a settlement amount of Rs.21, 67,542. 

Mokokchung DLSA conducted National Lok Adalat at District Court, Mokokchung. A total of 10 cases were taken up where 10 were at pre litigation and 1 at pending stage. 9 cases were disposed off with a settlement amount of Rs.13, 09,891. 

In Tuensang, Longshithung Ezung, NJS, Principal District & Sessions Judge cum Chairperson, DLSA and  Cheliam Khiamniungan, JMFC cum secretary DLSA were the presiding officers. 

Conciliators were Antimangyang Chang Retainer Lawyer; Herola, Panel Lawyer and Birila, Panel Lawyer assisted by PLVs. 12 cases were taken up and 11 were disposed off with a total settlement amount of Rs17, 13,166. 

At Phek, the Lok Adalat was presided by District & Sessions Judge cum Chairperson Neiko Akami, NJS with Retainer Lawyer and panel lawyer as conciliators. Forty (40) matters relating to pre-litigation bank recovery cases of SBI and NStCB were taken up and disposed off with a settlement amount of Rs.40, 62,334.

In Peren, the Co-operative Bank Jalukie Branch along with the SBI, Peren Town Branch participated in the Lok Adalat for pre-litigation cases, wherein a total number of 28 cases were taken up and settled with settled amount of Rs. 42, 36,515. In the Lok Adalat, the students of Govt. College Peren were also invited to come and observed the proceedings as part of their LLC club activity.

In Kohima, Nokshei Kano, Secretary and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kohima was the presiding officer and Panel Lawyers, Kohima DLSA were conciliators. Altogether 966 pre-litigation  banks and telephone recovery cases and 4 pending bank recovery cases was put up before the National Lok Adalat, whereby, 34 bank recovery case and 16 telephone bill recovery case were settled with settlement amount of Rs 29,55,784. The banks and telephone authority waived Rs 33, 44,781 through the negotiation of the conciliators.

Mon DLSA conducted National Lok Adalat where the event was presided over CJM cum Secretary DLSA B. Peter Resu, serving as the presiding officer, Topha Konyak, N. Mannon and Angun Konyak as the conciliators. In total, 46 cases were taken up during the session, and out of those, 16 cases were successfully disposed of. The total settlement amount reached Rs. 17, 06,978.