A year's work completed within a day; now that's efficiency for you. The first ever Maha Lok Adalat helped clear 13,040 pending court cases within a single day in Nagpur district on Sunday.
Organised in courts across the state, 47,582 cases were put up before 110 separate panels in Nagpur district. Each panel comprised of one judicial officer, an advocate and a para legal volunteer. Nagpur city handled the bulk of cases, with 40,400 being put up and 12,814 being resolved.
Throughout the day, thousands of litigants came to get their disputes settled amicably. People clamoured near the panel booths, and waited for their cases to be called.
Thirty-five-year-old Deepak Tidke had been involved in a financial dispute of Rs 50,000 with an acquaintance since last year, but it took him less than half an hour to settle the matter amicably. Tidke told TOI, "I agreed to settle this dispute for Rs 32,000 and save both of us trouble and money in further litigation."
In another case, two individuals settled a cheque bouncing case worth Rs 3.20 crores! The case had been going on since last year. The parties were not identified by the judicial authorities citing privacy rules.
Inaugurating the Maha Lok Adalat, chief justice of Bombay High Court Mohit Shah said, "Over 40 lakhs cases are pending in Maharashtra but the good thing is that the number is reducing now. Through Lok Adalat, the numbers will come down further." Shah added that it was Mahatma Gandhi who promoted the concept of amicable dispute settlement during his stay at Sewagram ashram.
Sunil Shukre, chairman of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), who supervised the event in the district told TOI that he wants such events to become a mass movement. "We want people to come to us in huge numbers and force us to organise more such Lok Adalats," he said.
Prominent financial institutions offering credit card services had also set up stalls at the venue to resolve financial issues with card holders.
The DLSA made arrangements to have separate panels to deal with cases such as motor accident claims, negotiable instruments act, motor vehicles act, pre-litigation cases, civil cases, small cause cases, juvenile cases, district court cases and criminal cases.
Ranjana Desai, executive chairperson of Maharashtra District Legal Services Authority, called on litigants to settle their disputes in the Maha Lok Adalat. "You have come as appellants and respondent, but at the end of the day you will go back together, with your dispute resolved," she said.
Organised in courts across the state, 47,582 cases were put up before 110 separate panels in Nagpur district. Each panel comprised of one judicial officer, an advocate and a para legal volunteer. Nagpur city handled the bulk of cases, with 40,400 being put up and 12,814 being resolved.
Throughout the day, thousands of litigants came to get their disputes settled amicably. People clamoured near the panel booths, and waited for their cases to be called.
Thirty-five-year-old Deepak Tidke had been involved in a financial dispute of Rs 50,000 with an acquaintance since last year, but it took him less than half an hour to settle the matter amicably. Tidke told TOI, "I agreed to settle this dispute for Rs 32,000 and save both of us trouble and money in further litigation."
In another case, two individuals settled a cheque bouncing case worth Rs 3.20 crores! The case had been going on since last year. The parties were not identified by the judicial authorities citing privacy rules.
Inaugurating the Maha Lok Adalat, chief justice of Bombay High Court Mohit Shah said, "Over 40 lakhs cases are pending in Maharashtra but the good thing is that the number is reducing now. Through Lok Adalat, the numbers will come down further." Shah added that it was Mahatma Gandhi who promoted the concept of amicable dispute settlement during his stay at Sewagram ashram.
Sunil Shukre, chairman of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), who supervised the event in the district told TOI that he wants such events to become a mass movement. "We want people to come to us in huge numbers and force us to organise more such Lok Adalats," he said.
Prominent financial institutions offering credit card services had also set up stalls at the venue to resolve financial issues with card holders.
The DLSA made arrangements to have separate panels to deal with cases such as motor accident claims, negotiable instruments act, motor vehicles act, pre-litigation cases, civil cases, small cause cases, juvenile cases, district court cases and criminal cases.
Ranjana Desai, executive chairperson of Maharashtra District Legal Services Authority, called on litigants to settle their disputes in the Maha Lok Adalat. "You have come as appellants and respondent, but at the end of the day you will go back together, with your dispute resolved," she said.
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