A whopping 84,599 cases in various stages of litigation were settled at the third edition of Maha Lok Adalat held here.
Maha Lok Adalat is a revolutionary concept of sort introduced by Maharashtra judiciary against the backdrop of huge pile up of cases.
A total of 1,29,460 cases, including 53,898 at post-litigation and 75,562 at pre-litigation stages, were taken up by judicial officers during the mega event held on Sunday at Naya Mandir in district court premises.
With settlement of 84,599 cases in the course of eight hours, about 17 percent of pendency is reduced, judicial officials observed.
Among the cases disposed of was that of a protracted legal battle between a landlord and a tenant that lasted for over four decades before it was finally settled.
The litigant Manilal Trivedi had filed a case against his tenant Gopal Sawal for arrears to the tune of Rs 737 towards rent in 1969 and the case was dragging on in the district court.
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The Nagpur District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and City Police took strenuous efforts to trace legal heirs of Trivedi who died during the course of litigation.
"It was a bit difficult to find them after such a long gap. But our officials worked hard with the police to find their addresses and settled the old dispute," said Nagpur DLSA secretary Kishor Jaiswal who coordinated Maha Lok Adalat in city.
Another instance was that of a stabbing case involving two brothers which was also settled after 33 years of legal battle between the accused Chandrashekhar Ghodke and his elder sibling Harinarayan.
Justice Sharad Bobde of Bombay High Court inaugurated the event in the presence of Justice Bhushan Dharmadhikari, also from Bombay High Court.
Principal district and sessions court judge Subhash Mohod, vice chairman of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa and joint secretary Ashish Deshmukh among others were present on the occasion.