Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 25: A Lok Adalat was held today at District Court Complex Janipura under the chairmanship of R.K Wattal, Chairman, District Legal Services Authority (Pr. District & Sessions Judge) Jammu in which six benches were constituted to settle the cases.
Bench number 1 comprising Nighat Sultana, Additional District Judge, Bank Cases Jammu, Y.P Kotwal, Ist Additional District & Sessions Judge Jammu and Naushad Ahmed Khan, Secretary District Legal Services Authority Jammu, dealt with Bank recovery cases while the bench number 2 comprising Surjeet Singh Bali, Sub Judge/Special Mobile Magistrate, Jammu and O.P Bhagat, Municipal Magistrate Jammu dealt with Municipal and Revenue Cases. Besides, the bench number 3 presided over by Preet Simran Kour, Munsiff, Jammu dealt with Excise Cases and Civil Cases and the bench number 4 comprising Pawan Sharma, Sub Judge Jammu and Rajni Bhagat, 3rd Additional Muniff, Jammu dealt with Cr. Compoundable & Petty Criminal Offences.
Likewise, bench number 5 comprising Sudesh Sharma, Sub Judge Electricity Magistrate, Jammu and Shabnam Sheikh, Forest Magistrate Jammu dealt with Electricity Water and Passenger Tax Cases while bench number 6 comprising of Dinesh Gupta, Special Mobile Magistrate Traffic Jammu and Slahuddin Ahmed, Additional Mobile Magistrate Traffic, Jammu dealt with Traffic matters and petty offences.
A total number of 323 cases were taken up, of which, 269 cases were disposed off. The total amount settled in Bank Cases was Rs. 8250926 and amount realized as fine on the spot was Rs. 341600 in the petty criminal matters.
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