Annual function held
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 4
The annual function of Rashtriya Bal Vidya Mandir High School was held here yesterday. The programme began with lamp lighting ceremony by Lala Lajpat Rai, MP.

On the occasion, students presented a cultural programme which included Saraswati Vandana, Rajasthani dance, dandiya, group song, ‘Nanha munha rahi hun’, hasya kavita by Neha Bhagat, gidha and bhangra. A fancy dress contest was also held.

Ms Satish Jain, Principal, read the annual report. He said 17 students from Classes V, VIII and X had received merit certificates. Mr Roshan Lal Arya, general secretary, Arya Pratinidhi Sabha was also attended it.

Municipal Lok Adalat postponed
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 4
The second Municipal Lok Adalat, scheduled to be held here on December 7, has been postponed and fresh dates for the same would be announced later. Giving this information, Mr Ashok Bazaz, Legal Advisor of the MC informed that a large number of councillors and several non-government organisations (NGOs) had pleaded for postponement of the Lok Adalat on the ground that the notice being short, the litigants and other concerned parties, could not be intimated.

Responding to the demand, the MC administration, under intimation to Punjab Legal Services Authority, decided to put off the Lok Adalat to a later date. The new dates would be finalised in consultation with the Punjab Legal Services Authority. Meanwhile, all litigants, with pending cases relating to the MC, have been asked to come forward for disposal of their cases through the simple and speedy proceedings of the proposed Lok Adalat. All written requests for transfer of pending court cases to the Lok Adalat, would be received in the law branch at the MC head office here, Mr Bazaz added.

Lok Adalats on December 8
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 4
Lok Adalats, the cheapest means to settle mutual disputes, would be held at all judicial courts of the district on December 8, according to an official press note here today.

Mr Surjit Singh, Assistant District Attorney ( Legal Aid), said that civil cases, police challans, criminal cases, cases pertaining to marriages and property and accident claims would be decided at these Lok Adalats. Such courts are held at the district headquarters every three months, he said.

These courts are very helpful in saving litigations costs and people should settle their disputes at these courts, he added.