Jul 11, 2021
Under the aegis of District Legal Services Authority Kathua, Zaffer Hussain Beig, the Chairman constituted three benches for hearing different cases.
Bench No 1 comprised Chief Judicial Magistrate Kathua, Sandeep Kour and Special Mobile Magistrate Kathua, Anjana Rajput. Bench No 2 comprised Secretary District Legal Services Authority Kathua Pooja Raina, and Panel lawyer District Legal Services Authority Kathua Naiya Sharma. Bench no. 3 comprised District Mobile Magistrate Kathua Brij Raj Singh, and Tehsildar Kathua Gaurav Sharma.
Besides, Lok Adalats were also organized by Tehsil Legal Services Committees Hiranagar, Basholi, Bani , Billawar and Mahanpur.
A total of 402 cases were taken up out of which 306 cases were disposed of/ settled. 19MACT cases, 02 Civil suits, 44 Criminal compoundable cases, 02 Petitions U/s 488crPc, 13 Pre-litigation bank cases were settled in the National Lok Adalat. Compensation worth Rs 1,12,10,000/-was awarded in the MACT cases, a Recover