National Lok Adalat settles 3,30,866 cases in a day

The National Lok Adalat on Saturday settled around 3,30,866 cases across courts in the state.

S. Goverdhan Reddy, member-secretary of Telangana State Legal Services Authority stated that around 3,21,600 cases are pending cases, including criminal and petty cases. Meanwhile, around 9200 pre-litigation Cases were disposed of, he said.

In Telangana High Court, Justice G. Anupama Chakravarthy and former judges, Justice G. Sri Devi and Justice G.V. Seethapathy presided over Lok Adalat benches and settled 365 cases while awarding Rs 26.50 crore for 1100 beneficiaries in the cases that were disposed of.

Murali Mohan, secretary of the Legal Services Authority of the City Civil Courts said that 222 civil pending cases were disposed of in Hyderabad and



Secunderabad. They granted around Rs 20.54 crore as award money to the beneficiaries.

In a special case pertaining to a dispute between 86-year-old Rajamma and the electricity department on a family pension case, the City Court resolved the issue. Rajamma, who was getting pension after the death of her husband, who had retired in the electricity department, noticed that she was getting reduced pension amounts. The department came to know in the audit report that more than Rs 4.5 lakh excess amount was paid to Rajamma.

Aggrieved at that, Rajamma filed a petition before the Civil Court. The Legal Services Authority on Saturday  directed the electricity department  to only deduct Rs 7500 and not Rs 22, 000 per month.