Meeting with members of District Legal Services Authority on behalf of District and Session Judge
– Instructed to issue dependent certificates to the dependents of people killed in road accidents as soon as possible
– Appealed to people to take advantage of the National Lok Adalat to be held on 14th September
– Under the Victim Compensation Scheme, 9 cases were decided from April to June and awards of Rs 23,10,000 were passed
Hoshiarpur/Daljeet Ajnoha/july 18
District and Session Judge-cum-Chairman District Legal Services Authority Dilbag Singh Johal held a meeting with the members of District Legal Services Authority today. Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal was also present on this occasion. During this, the District and Session Judge gave instructions to run the schemes related to NALSA smoothly. He reviewed the free legal services being provided by the District Legal Services Authority and said that free legal aid is being provided by the District Legal Services Authority, of which the residents of the district should take maximum advantage.
The District and Sessions Judge told the District Administration that the dependent certificates to be issued to the dependents of the people killed in road accidents should be issued as soon as possible, so that the compensation of Rs. 2 lakhs to be given to the dependents of the deceased under Compensation to Victim can be received on time.
The District and Sessions Judge directed to promote the National Lok Adalat to be held on 14th September as much as possible. He appealed to the residents of the district to take advantage of this National Lok Adalat by filing as many cases as possible. He said that this saves both time and money. He said that the decision of the Lok Adalat has the recognition of a civil decree.
Dilbag Singh Johal informed that 13591 cases were heard in the National Lok Adalats held in May 2024 and 11381 cases were settled on the spot and awards worth Rs 8,76,73,569 were passed. During this, the Secretary District Legal Services Authority informed that from April to June, 374 people were given legal aid and 131 people were given legal advice by the District Legal Services Authority. Apart from this, 10 cases were resolved in 75 seminars, mediation and conciliation centers by the authority and 9 cases were decided on the spot through the camp court in the central jail and the culprits were released. He informed that under the Victim Compensation Scheme, decisions were made in 9 cases from April to June and awards worth Rs 23,10,000 were passed in these cases. On this occasion, Additional District and Sessions Judge Jaswinder Sheemar, CJM-cum-Secretary District Legal Services Authority Raj Pal Rawal, CJM Prabhjot Singh, SP Manoj Kumar, District Attorney Varinder Kumar, Assistant Public Relations Officer Lokesh Kumar, Aagiapal Singh Sahni, Darshan Kaushal and Kiranpreet Kaur Dhami were also present.
