Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) conducted National Lok Adalats (People’s Courts) on December 8 by constituting 11 Lok Adalat benches across the state.
A press release by NSLSA stated that the benches were headed by district judges, chief judicial magistrates and civil judges, who acted as presiding officers and Panel Lawyers served as conciliators, along with Para legal Volunteers who acted as members.
The release stated that the National Lok Adalat through conciliatory and pervasive efforts were able to take up a total of 448 cases for settlement and grappled with a total of 352 cases for disposal and settlement before the jurisdiction of the Lok Adalat.
NSLSA reported that the total settlement amount involved in the disposed cases was Rs. 1, 53, 42, 145.
It said the cases referred before the Lok Adalat dealt mostly with Bank Recovery cases and Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) cases.
In Tuensang and Longleng districts, mobile Lok Adalats were also conducted where the district legal services institution, with the assistance of traffic police personnel, conducted traffic challan (Traffic Ticket) inspection under various traffic regulations.