MUMBAI: A National
Lok Adalat
programme on Saturday in
Esplanade Courts of Metropolitan Magistrates
, Mumbai, made a record-breaking settlement of Rs 281 crore.
It settled 44,761 cases which included money recovery cases, labour disputes, land acquisition, matrimonial disputes, revenue cases and other civil cases.
Maharashtra state Legal Services Authority of Bombay High Court holds Lokhandwala Adalat every six months to clear the backlog of pending cases. Once settled its decision that are taken is final and binding.
The registrar of Metropolitan Magistrate Dinesh Hegde said that the programme’s success was due to efforts of Shrinivas B Agrawal, principal Judge, City Civil and Sessions Court, Greater Bombay, and Sayali T Dande, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Esplanade, Mumbai, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates, Metropolitan Magistrates, officers and staff members.
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