National Lok Adalat in Patiala dist on Sept 14

The District Legal Services Authority here will hold a National Lok Adalat in Patiala district on September 14. For this, Benches will be constituted in Patiala, Rajpura, Samana and Nabha.

Manni Arora, CJM/secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, Patiala, said the court would hear cases pertaining to cheque bounce, money recovery, labour and employment disputes, electricity, water and other bill payment (excluding non-compoundable) and maintenance. The Benches will also take up compoundable criminal cases and other civil disputes and cases pending in the courts.

Arora convened a meeting with panel advocates and legal aid defense counsel today in this regard. The meeting focussed on discussing cases to be presented before the National Lok Adalat. Panel advocates were asked to extensively publicise the National Lok Adalat in villages through seminars, media and other channels to inform the villagers.