On the direction of Chairman National Legal Services Authority and under the aegis  of Executive Chairman J&K  Legal Services Authority,   Justice  Ali Mohammad Magrey, a National Lok Adalat was held today in the District Court Complex, Janipur Jammu  under the Chairmanship of  M. L Manhas, Chairman, District Legal Services Authority (Pr. District & Sessions Judge) Jammu and under the overall supervision of  Yahaya Firdous, Secretary  District  Legal Services Authority Jammu.

A total 5394 cases were taken up, out of which 4791 cases were decided and an amount of Rs 402506940 was settled in the Lok  Adalat.                                                                                                                    

            Thirteen( 13)   benches were constituted  in District Jammu with Nine      ( 9) benches at  District Court Complex, Janipur  Jammu, two benches at R.S. Pura and one bench each at  Bishnah and Akhnoor .

The First Bench comprising M.L. Manhas, Pr. Distt. & Sessions Judge   and R.S. Jasrotia, Presiding Officer, MACT, with Panel Lawyer  Kamal Magotra as member dealt with MACT cases.  The Second Bench comprising    Ashwani Sharma, 1st Addl. Distt. & Sessions Judge Jammu and Syed Sarfraz Hussain Shah, Addl. Distt. Judge Bank Cases Jammu with   Pratima Singh Panel Lawyer as member heard bank cases.

Third Bench comprising Kusum Pandita Pr. Judge Family Court Jammu and  S.S. Bali Addl. Judge Family Court Jammu with Deepali Arora Panel Lawyer as member dealt with Matrimonial cases. Forth Bench comprising Ritesh Kumar Dubey, Addl. Sessions Judge Anti Corruption Jammu and  Umesh Sharma Excise Magistrate Jammu with Adv. Beauty Pandita Panal Lawyer as member dealt with Civil Cases. Fifth bench constituted to deal with Municipal & Revenue cases consisted of  Parvin Pandoh, Municipal Magistrate Jammu and  Susheel Singh Sub Judge / Spl. Mobile Magistrate (13F.C) with  Manjeet Pratap Singh Panel Lawyer as Member.  Sixth   Bench , comprising     Manjeet Rai, City Judge Jammu,  Raj Kumar Sub Judge Railway Magistrate Jammu and Adv. Maheen Shah Panel Lawyer as member was constituted to deal with cases U/s 138 N I Act Cases, Criminal Compoundable Offences & others. Seventh Bench comprising     Arti Mohan  Electricity Magistrate Jammu and Shabnam Sheikh Forest magistrate 1st Addl. Munsiff jammu with Panel Lawyer Leena Devi as member was constituted to deal with Electricity, Water and other Civil Cases. Eighth Bench comprising Khem Raj Sharma Spl. Mobile Magistrate Passenger Tax Jammu and  Vinod Kumar Spl. Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Jammu along with Adv. Vinayak Phull Panel Lawyer as member dealt with Criminal Compoundable Offences and other cases. Ninth  Bench Constituting  Jeewan Kumar 2nd Addl. Munsiff Jammu and Bhanu Bhasin Addl. Mobile Magistrate Traffic jammu with Adv. Richa Gupta Panel Lawyer as member dealt with Criminal compoundable offences and other cases.

In R.S.Pura, Tenth  Bench comprising of  Sidhant Vaid Munsiff/ JMIC R.S.Pura  and Panel Lawyer Adv. Kesar Parveen as member  and  Eleventh Bench  comprising of  Suhasni Vasisatha, Addl. Spl. Mobile Magistrate R.S.Pura with Adv. Jyoti Bala Panel Lawyer as member were constituted to deal with Civil Cases /criminal compoundable offences, N I Act Cases and other Cases.

 Similarly at Bishnah Bench Number Twelve comprising Ananta Raina Munsiff / JMIC Bishnah and Adv. Rajni Bala Panel Lawyer as member  was constituted  and  Bench Number Thirteen comprising of  Himani Parihar Munsiff / JMIC Akhnoor  and with Adv. Meetika Sharma Panel Lawyer as member was constituted at Akhnoor to deal with  with Civil Cases /Criminal compoundable offences, N I Act Cases and other Cases