Chhatrapur: Over 125 cases were taken up for hearing and judgements were passed in more than 47 of those during the National Lok Adalat held on the Civil Courts premises in Chhatrapur Saturday.
Organised by the Taluk Legal Services Committee, Chhatrapur, courts of the ADJM Manoranjan Das, Senior Civil Judge Pooja De, SDJM Pritish Kumar Rath and JMFC Swagatika Swain passed judgements on litigations from banking, unresolved financial disputes between parties, and other cases.
About Rs30 lakh was collected from the cases in the form of settlements from the parties.
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A team of advocates, comprising Pradip Kumar Padhi, president of the Chhatrapur Bar Association played a pivotal role in organising the Lok Adalat.
PNN