PATIALA: Under the supervision of Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Tewari, Executive Chairman, Punjab State Legal Services Authority, Mohali and the able guidance of Sh. Rajinder Aggarwal, Learned District & Sessions Judge, cum Chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Patiala, a webinar through Google Meet App was held by Ms Parminder kaur, Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Patiala with Panches, Sarpanches and Panchayat Secretaries of 15 villages of Sanaur Block on 6.7.2021.
During this session, they were informed that National Lok Adalat is going to be held in District Patiala on 10.07.2021 pertaining to all types of cases i.e. Pre-Litigation: NI Act cases under section 138, Money Recovery cases, Labour and Employment disputes cases, Electricity, Water bills and other bill payment cases (excluding non-compoundable), Maintenance Cases, Others (Criminal compoundable and other Civil disputes), Pending in the Courts/ Tribunals: Criminal Compoundable Offences, NI Act cases under section 138, Money Recovery Cases, MACT Cases, Labour and Employment dispute cases, electricity, Water Bills and other bill payment cases (excluding non-compoundable), Matrimonial disputes(except divorce), Land Acquisition cases (Pending before civil courts/tribunals), Services matters relating to pay and allowances and retrial benefits, Revenue cases (pending in District Court, Patiala)& other civil Cases (Such as rent, easmentary rights, injunction suits, specific performance suits) etc.
As such, an appeal is made to Public, to put forward their pending disputes before upcoming Lok Adalats, so as to save their valuable time and hard earned money. For this purpose, every litigant willing for settlement through Lok Adalat can request the Presiding Officer of the Court where his case is pending. Even in compoundable Criminal Cases Party can move an application for putting up the matter in Lok Adalat. In case of Pre-litigative matter, request can be made to the Ld. Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Patiala. Any detailed information can be made available from website www.pulsa.gov.in or from toll free helpline no. 1968 & District Legal Services Authority, Patiala contact No. 0175-2306500.
Apart from this, they were also made aware about Free Legal Aid, Permanent Lok Adalat(PUS), Toll Free no. 1968 and advantages of mediation as well.