A Lok Adalat was held at district court complex under the chairmanship of Vinod Chatterji Koul, chairman, District Legal Services Authority and Principal District and Sessions Judge Jammu.
During the Lok Adalat, six benches were constituted tosettle cases of different nature, an official handout said.
Bench number one comprising V.C. Koul, Principal District& Sessions Judge Jammu, NighatSultana, Additional District Judge, Bank Cases Jammu and Haq Nawaz Zargar, 3rd Additional District & Sessions Judge TADAPOTA, dealt with Bank Cases, Civil Cases and Criminal cases.
Similarly, bench number 2 comprising Mohan Lal Manhas,Special Judge, Anti Corruption, CBI Cases Jammu and Tasleem Arief, AdditionalSessions Judge, Anti-Corruption Jammu, Jatinder Singh Jamwal, Presiding Officer MACT dealt with MACT Cases .
Bench number 3 comprising Ashwani Kumar Sharma, ChiefJudicial Magistrate, Jammu, PawanSharma, Sub-Judge, Jammu and Arti Devi, Munsiff, JMIC Jammu dealt with casesrelated to Criminal Compoundable offences, U/s 138 N.I Act, Petty CriminalOffences.
Likewise, bench number 4 comprising Yahya Firdous Ahangar,Special Railway Magistrate Jammu, Manjeet Rai, Special Mobile MagistrateP&T Jammu and Wangial Tsering, Forest Magistrate Jammu dealt withElectricity Water, Passenger Tax, and Civil cases of all nature.
Bench number 5 comprising Naushad Ahmed Khan. Secretary DLSA Jammu and Dinesh Gupta, Special Mobile Magistrate,dealt with Traffic Cases. Besides, bench number 6 comprising Manoj Parihar,Special Municipal Magistrate, Jammu and Slahuddin Ahmed, Additional Mobile Magistrate Jammu dealt with Municipal& Petty Compoundable cases.
Meanwhile, a special Bench was also constituted to deal withMatrimonial cases which comprised of VC Koul, Chairman, DLSA, Pr. District& Sessions Judge Jammu, Haq Nawaz Zargar, 3rd Addl. District & SessionsJudge, TADA/POTA, Kalpana Revo, Addl.District Judge Matrimonial, Jammu and Naushad Ahmed Khan, Secretary, DLSA Jammu.
A total 414 cases were taken up, of which, 376 cases weredisposed of.