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Special Lok Adalat dispose of over 800 electricity cases

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

Besides the special Lok Adalat, which will also continue tomorrow at the Karkardooma District Courts Complex here, the regular second Saturday Lok Adalats were also organised today at all the six district courts here.

In the special Lok Adalat, 12 benches were constituted which took up a total of 905 cases out of which 807 cases were settled and a settlement amount of Rs 3,17,48,587 was awarded.

In the regular Lok Adalat, 67 benches were constituted which disposed of 3557 cases relating to cheque bounce, civil, electricity, traffic as well as criminal compoundable offences and matrimonial cases pending in various district courts here.

Besides these, 171 motor accident cases were also heard by the benches and it awarded a total compensation of Rs 76.69 lakh.

Apart from these cases, 287 out of the 401 criminal cases were disposed of by way of Plea Bargaining by the bench.

4394 cases have been settled finally and there would be no further appeals in the cases disposed of today, a release issued by the DLSA said.

  

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First Published: Dec 08 2012 | 8:35 PM IST

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