Lok Adalat Promotes Amicable Dispute Resolution, Access to Justice for All
Srinagar: In a significant stride towards delivering timely and amicable justice, , District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in collaboration with the District Judiciary Srinagar successfully organized the 4th National Lok Adalat 2025 at the District Court Complex Mominabad, Srinagar, and at the Court of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate/JMIC Panthachowk.
The Lok Adalat was held under the guidance of Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Judge, High Court of J&K and Ladakh (Executive Chairman, J&K Legal Services Authority) and overall supervision of Haq Nawaz Zargar Principal District & Sessions Judge ( Chairman, DLSA) Srinagar, and ShaziaTabasum, Member Secretary, J&K Legal Services Authority.
The Lok Adalat was inaugurated by the Principal District & Sessions Judge Srinagar, in presence of judicial officers, members of the bar, court staff and DLSA Staff.
During an interaction with the media, Adnan Sayeed, Spl. Judge Anti-corruption CBI Cases, Srinagar, emphasized that the National Lok Adalat provides an effective and economical platform for dispute resolution. He stated that it ensures a win-win situation where both parties get their concerns heard and settled amicably.
To facilitate the amicable settlement of cases, 13 benches were constituted, in which overall 62451 cases were taken up for settlement out of which 61767 cases were amicably settled and Rs. 86838275 was awarded as settlement amount.
The First Bench was presided over by Adnan Sayeed, Spl Judge Anti Corruption CBI Cases Sgr and Fayaz Ahmad Qureshi, Presiding Officer, MACT, Court Srinagar in which 102 cases were taken out of which 50 cases were amicably settled and Rs. 31773953 was awarded as settlement amount.
The 2nd Bench was presided over by Kusoom Pandita, Additional District Judge, Bank Cases and by Anjum Ara, Ist Additional District & Sessions Judge Srinagar. The 3rd Bench was presided over by Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Additional District & Sessions Judge Srinagar and Tabasum, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar.
Likewise, the 4th Bench was presided over by Renu Dogra, Principal Judge Family Court) Srinagar and Preet Simran Kour, 4th Addl. Distt. & Sessions Judge Srinagar and 5th Bench was presided over by Naushad Ahmad Khan, 2nd Additional District & Sessions Judge Srinagar and Fida Hussain Nayek, Municipal Magistrate, Srinagar. The 6th Bench was presided over by Massarat Jabeen, PT& E Magistrate and Shayesta Nazir, City Munsiff)l Srinagar, the 7th Bench was presided over by Raja Arshid, Principal Magistrate JJB Srinagar and Vikas Bhardwaj, 2nd Additional MunsiffSrinagar, the 8th Bench was presided over by Shabir Ahmad Malik, Spl. Mobile Magistrate Traffic and Mufti Nahida, Addl. Special Mobile Magistrate Traffic Srinagar, the 9th Bench was presided over by Mohammad Ishtiyaq Alam Baba , Forest Magistrate Srinagar and Kamiya Singh Andotra, Spl. Mobile Magistrate/Railway Magistrate Srinagar , the 10th Bench was presided over by Nazia Hassan, 4th Addl. Munsiff Srinagar and Zirgham Hamid, Ist Add. Munsiff/JMIC Srinagar, the 11th Bench was presided over by Mainaz Qadir, Additional Spl. Mobile Magistrate/JMIC Panthachowk Srinagar and Adv. Baba Sajad, the 12th Bench was presided over by Dr. Farah Deeba, Officiating President District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Srinagar and Shabnum Munshi, Member District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Srinagar and the 13th Bench was presided over by Varun Kumar, 3rd Additional Munsiff/JMIC, Srinagar and Adv. Mir Naveed Gul, Panel Lawyer DLSA Srinagar.
The Chairman DLSA Srinagar distributed compensation cheques to the tune of Rs. 2,50,000 among the survivors of violence sanctioned by J&K Legal Services Authority.
The 4th National Lok Adalat of 2025 witnessed a huge participation of officers and officials from different departments; litigants.The success of the National Lok Adalat reflects the judiciary’s commitment to resolving disputes through mutual understanding and compromise. Such initiatives not only lessen the backlog of cases in the courts but also strengthen the public’s faith in the legal system.
