Amritsar, Sept 13, 2025 (Yes Punjab News)
As per the directions given by National Legal Services Authority and Punjab State Legal Services Authority and under the able guidance and directions of Sh. Baljinder Singh, Learned Incharge District & Sessions Judge-cum-Incharge Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Amritsar, National Lok Adalat was held today i.e. on 13.09.2025 at District Courts, Amritsar and Sub Divisional Courts in Ajnala and Baba Bakala Sahib.
In this regard, Sh. Amardeep Singh Bains, Civil Judge (Senior Division)-cum-Secretary, DLSA, Amritsar has conveyed his message to the general public that cases of categories such as Criminal Compoundable, Bank Recovery, Cheque Bounce, Matrimonial Disputes, Electricity and Water bills, Telecom, MACT Matters, Labour Disputes, Summary Traffic Challans etc. were to be taken up in this National Lok Adalat and in total 33 benches were constituted; 24 Benches at Amritsar District Courts, 1 Bench of Permanent Lok Adalat, 1 bench of Industrial Tribunal (Labour Court), Amritsar, 4 Benches at Ajnala, 3 Bench at Baba Bakala Sahib were setup for amicable settlement of disputes.
Apart from this, for taking up the matrimonial and family disputes; bench was also setup by the Counseling Cells by Crime against Women, Police Department, at their own level. Further, many other departments also took initiative and participated in the National Lok Adalat and settled cases/disputes pending under their preview.
It was told by the Learned Incharge District & Sessions Judge-cum-Incharge Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Amritsar that Lok Adalats are organized by Legal Services Authorities, as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mode wherein pre-litigative and pending cases in the courts would be disposed of on the basis of amicable settlement without any expense on the part of litigants.
In recovery cases, court fees affixed by the parties on the plaint at the time of filing of suits are also ordered to be refunded. It is free of cost and expeditious method to bring litigating parties to a settlement of their disputes and saving them from prolong litigation under adversarial system of adjudication which is generally perceived to be time consuming, complex and costly.
Lok Adalats are also instrumental in reducing the burden on arrears of the court disposal of long pending litigation between the parties.
Success Story of National Lok Adalat 13.09.2025:
In a case of year 2022 pending before the court of Sh. Ajitpal Singh, Learned Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Amritsar a family dispute between husband and wife has been amicably resolved and husband agreed to make payment of full and final lumpsum payment of Rs. 16,50,000/-.
Further, the bench headed by Ms. Neelam, Learned JMIC, Amritsar settled one cheque related complaint case between “Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Vs Amarbir Singh” in which the complainant agreed to withdraw Bank its case on receiving an amount of Rs. 2,96,96,000/- (Two Crore Ninety-Six Lac and Ninety Six Thousand Only) and award was passed accordingly.
In another case between “M/s Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Ltd. Versus M/s Malti Industries and others”, in a Negotiable Instrument Act case related to cheque of Rs. 1,36,95,301/-, it was agreed to be settled with the intervention of the court between the parties. Further, the said bench disposed of three more than three years old cases pertaining to cheques of Rs. 1,00,000/-, Rs. 1,84,000/- and Rs. 5,17,488/- respectively.
Further, the bench of Ms. Vaishnavi Sikka, Ld. Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.), Amritsar settled one case titled as “Rajeshver Malhotra versus Rajinder Kumar” filed in August 2025 pertaining to recovery of Rs. 13,20,000/- which has been settled for a full and final amount of Rs.12,75,000/- in the National Lok Adalat.
The bench also refunded the amount of court fee on the record to the plaintiff. The bench of Shri Amarjeet Singh, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Amritsar resolved a dispute between the landlord and tenant, and the case was disposed of after the payment of rent.
During this National Lok Adalat 35931 cases were taken up and 30460 cases were settled and disposed of and award for an amount of Rs.39,18,67,658/- were passed by the benches of National Lok Adalat at Amritsar.
In this manner, this National Lok Adalat is a success.
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