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Lok Adalat settles 271 cases including pending cases in Manipur

The Lok Adalat was organised in association with High Court Legal Services Committee and District Legal Services Authorities for the year, 2022 on March 12, 2022 at various places across the state.

ByIFP Bureau

Updated 13 Mar 2022, 2:35 am

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The National Lok Adalat held on Saturday settled as many as 386 cases and collected Rs 2,93,87,729. Out of the total cases settled, 271 cases which include 29 cases were pending in the courts.

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The Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLSA) stated that the Lok Adalat was organised in association with High Court Legal Services Committee and District Legal Services Authorities for the year, 2022 on March 12, 2022 at various places across the state, both in virtual and physical modes.

National Lok Adalat for Imphal East and West district is jointly organized by Manipur State Legal Services Authority in association with Imphal East; Imphal West District Legal Services Authorities at ADR Building, Lamphel Court Complex. National Lok Adalat is also held at Bishnupur, Thoubal, Ukhrul, Senapati, Churachandpur, Chandel and Tamenglong districts and in the High Court of Manipur.
In the National Lok Adalat for Imphal East and Imphal West district, 4(four) benches which comprises judicial officers and advocates were constituted. The Lok Adalat was conducted in offline mode for the pending court cases. For pre-litigation matters relating to bank, telephone and others, it was conducted in online mode through video conferencing.

The High Court Legal Services Committee also organized National Lok Adalat at High Court of Manipur complex in which one bench comprising of G Gaiphulshillu, registrar general of the High Court of Manipur as chairperson, Yumkham Rother, Registrar (Judicial), High Court of Manipur and K Brajakumar Sharma, joint director, Manipur Judicial Academy as Members was constituted.
For the National Lok Adalat held at the High Court of Manipur, 5 cases were put up and out of which 2 cases have been settled.

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The High Court of Manipur justice LS Jamir visited the National Lok Adalat held at ADR building, Lamphel Court Complex as well as Bishnupur court complex and interacted with the members of the Lok Adalat Bench.

It is to be mentioned that it is the first National Lok Adalat for the year 2022 as per the Calendar prescribed by National Legal Services Authority. As per the calendar, the next National Lok Adalat will be held on May 14, 2022.

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