Karnataka Lok Adalat settles 64 lakh cases in a day
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Legal Services Authority set a record by settling 64,13,608 cases in the Lok Adalat held on February 11.
The 52,11,424 traffic challan petty cases in the two-week window ending last Saturday were among the settled as Pre-Litigation cases across Karnataka and a fine amount of more than Rs 152 crore was collected.
On January 27, the Executive Chairman of Karnataka State Legal Services Authority requested the State government to provide at least 50% concession in traffic challan fine amount. The government agreed to the request made by Justice B Veerappa and issued an order on February 2.
The Lok Adalat also settled 4,14,202 revenue cases, 14,723 bank pending cases amounting to Rs 157 crore, 670 matrimonial cases, 2,724 partition suits, 4,050 motor vehicle claims cases where compensation amount of Rs 179 crore was awarded. 10,766 Negotiable Instruments Act cases and 116 RERA cases were also settled.