State of Karnataka settles 1,15,925 cases through of the mode of Mega e-Lok Adalat which was organized by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority, Bengaluru and the High Court Legal Services Committee.
The cases were relating to criminal compoundable offences, bank matters, money recovery, MACT cases, Labor disputes, matrimonial disputes, land disputes, revenue matters and other civil matters and more than 1,33,000 cases were identified.
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The e-Lok Adalat was conducted by constituting 875 Benches throughout the State on September 19, from 11 am to 5.30 pm. A total of 15 benches were constituted at the High Court and the remaining 860 benches at 30 District Courts.
The total amount settled is Rs 3,57,64,31,758 and out of which, a sum of Rs 27,33,38,583 was recovered as fine, penalty and compoundable fee and credited to the account of the State Government.
925 cases were settled in three High Court Benches including the Principal Bench at Bengaluru and in 30 districts, 1,15,000 cases were settled. Out of them, 7,383 cases were at the pre-litigation stage and 1,07,617 cases were pending cases.