SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 17: In compliance to the directions of JK Legal Services Authority, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Srinagar, organized a Special Lok Adalat for NI Act Cases (U/S 138) and MACT Cases which was held under the guidance of Naseer Ahmad Dar, Chairman District Legal Services Authority (Principal District & Sessions Judge) Srinagar, and overall supervision of Secretary DLSA Srinagar.
To facilitate the amicable settlement of cases, two benches were constituted for the Special Lok Adalat. The 1st bench was presided over by Fayaz Ahmad Qureshi, Presiding Officer MACT Court Srinagar, and Kamiya Singh Andotra, Special Mobile Magistrate/Railway Magistrate, Srinagar as member. The 2nd bench was presided over by Mohammad Ishtiyaq Alam Baba, Forest Magistrate Srinagar, and Vikas Bhardwaj, 2nd Additional Munsiff Srinagar as member.
A total of 82 Cases were taken up by these benches for amicable settlement, out of which 46 Cases were settled.
An amount of Rs 1,07,77,500 was awarded as settlement amount in all these cases including award of Rs 78,20, 000 in 27 MACT Cases.
