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Over 4,000 cases decided by Lok Adalat

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

The Lok Adalat, organized by Delhi State Legal Services Authority in all the six district courts here, comprised 58 benches which dealt with the cases relating to dishonour of cheques, civil, labour, electricity, criminal compoundable offences and recovery matters.

Out of the more than 4,000 cases, 197 criminal cases were disposed of by way of plea bargaining in a special sitting.

Besides this, 33 cases were disposed of at pre-litigative stage in the Lok Adalat organised at Patiala House Court Complex, Tis Hazari, Karkardooma, Rohini, Dwarka and Saket district courts.

All these cases have been settled finally and there would be no further appeals in these cases, DLSA said in a statement.

 

  

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First Published: May 12 2012 | 6:15 PM IST

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