National Lok Adalat tomorrow

MATHURA (UP): In a national level effort to settle pending cases, local judiciary has planned to cover over 51 thousand cases in the Lok Adalat slated for Saturday in the district.

Districtt Judge has given a call to all the litigants to take advantage of the Lok Adalat for the speedy justice.

"It (Lok Adalat) not only paves the way for speedy justice without spending a single penny but also converts enmity into cordial relations. Our aim is to ensure settlement of all the cases that have been taken up for Lok Adalat," District Judge Dinesh Kumar Singh said.

Meanwhile, District Magistrate has ordered the different Government departments to ensure maximum attendance on Saturday.

"Every type of facility would be provided to litigants opting to get their cases in National Lok Adalat," District Magistrate Rajesh Kumar said.

Special "arrangements", including big pandals with basic amenities, have been made for the litigants.

"Two 'May I help you?' counters would be set up inside judiciary campus," Pawan Kumar Srivastava, Civil judge and secreatery Vidhik Seva Pradhikaran (Mathura) stated.

Since "summons" have been served to almost all the litigants, therefore local judiciary expect startling result tomorrow.

"Litigants may come directly and get their case settled, in case proper notice has not been served," Srivastava added.

To make the National Lok Adalat a grand success besides a rally of school children and eminent citizens taken out for awareness, over two dozen camps to educate the litigants were also organized at Tahsil and block headquarters, villages, schools and colleges.

Skits and magic show were also organized at important places for lasting impact of Lok Adalat on the spectators.

"Twenty-nine type of cases including all type of criminal compoundable matters, all civil cases except barred by apex court, revenue matters, taxes, stamp duty matters related to Govt schems, Insurance claims, bank recovery cases, telephone, power etc., would be settled in Lok Adalat," to a question Srivastava narrated.