National Lok Adalat was organized by the District Legal Services Authority, Doda under the chairmanship of Sanjeev Gupta, Principal District & Sessions Judge Bhaderwah.The Lok Adalat comprised of 15 benches in which various cases of different nature pertaining to public services including Revenue, Electricity, Water Regulation Act, Motor Vehicle Act, MACT, Civil Suits, Bank Recovery, Pre-litigation and pending matters, Matrimonial, Criminal compoundable cases, cases under Section 488 Cr.PC, MGNREGA etc were taken up for amicable settlement.As many as 1629 cases of different nature were taken up out of which 1488 cases were settled amicably. 210 pre-litigation cases of different banks were disposed of and an amount of Rs.1,04,42,201/- was settled. 14 pending cases were also disposed and an amount of Rs.32,23,951/- was settled for payment by the defaulters. 55 cases under MACT were taken up out of which 33 cases were disposed and an amount of Rs.74,82,000/- was awarded.
56 cases under MGNREGA and SBM were disposed and an amount of Rs.6,78,319/- was paid on spot to the beneficiaries. 198 cases under Electricity and Water Regulation Act were disposed of and an amount of Rs.5,87,945/- was realized as fine. Besides an amount of Rs.1,81,150/- was also realized as fine in Traffic challan, Labour and summary cases. 58 Civil compoundable cases, 01 Land Acq. Case and 14 civil cases were also disposed of. In these Lok Adalats an amount of Rs.2,29,12,566/- was awarded/recovered. On this occasion Sub Divisional Magistrate Bhaderwah, Tehsildar Bhaderwah, SDPO, SHO Bhaderwah and Senior & Junior Advocates of Bar Association Bhaderwah and prominent citizens of Bhaderwah town besides large number litigants were present in the day long proceedings.