Lok Adalat on March 9

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Jalandhar, March 5

National Lok Adalat will be held in all courts at the Jalandhar district headquarters and sub-divisions of Phillaur and Nakodar on March 9.

Criminal compoundable offences, Negotiable Instruments Act cases under Section 138, bank recovery cases, MACT cases, matrimonial disputes, labour disputes, land acquisition cases, electricity and water bills (excluding non-compoundable theft cases), service matters relating to pay and allowances and retiral benefits, revenue cases and other civil cases will be taken up in the Lok Adalat.

Nirbhow Singh Gill, District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Jalandhar, had convened a meeting of representatives of departments such as communication, banks, insurance companies, electricity, water supply and sanitation. They were asked to identify the cases that may be settled in the National Lok Adalat.

Baljinder Singh Maan, Secretary, DLSA, said even pre-litigative cases could be taken up without filing a regular case and without affixing court fee. Court fee stands refunded in the pending cases in which settlement between the parties was arrived at in the Lok Adalat.

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