India, March 14 -- Chandigarh

The National Lok Adalat was held on Saturday at the New District Courts Complex, Sector-43, Chandigarh. Over 45,946 cases were settled including pending matters, pre-litigative cases and traffic challans, with settlements amounting to Rs.27.22 crore.

The Lok Adalat was organised by the UT State Legal Services Authority and the UT District Legal Services Authority under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority. A total of 13 benches headed by serving judicial officers were constituted to take up criminal compoundable cases, matters under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, bank recovery cases, motor accident claims tribunal claims, matrimonial and labour disputes, arbitration matters, ci...