The couple after reconciling with each other at the Lok Adalat
Among other notable settlements during Lok Adalat held across the state was a 2016 road accident case in which the victim’s family had sought ₹10 crore compensation. Following mediation, Shriram General Insurance Company agreed to pay ₹5 crore, with the cheque handed over to the family. In another road accident case, the insurer agreed to pay ₹1.75 crore to another road accident victim’s family. The family of a road accident victim are handed over a cheque for Rs 5 crore at the Lok Adalat Across the state, 4,20,626 cases were in Lok Adalat, including 2,78,335 pre-litigation cases and 1,40,565 pending court cases, providing relief to thousands of litigants. At the Telangana high court, two Lok Adalat benches settled 182 pending cases, with motor accident compensation cases and other matters resulting in Rs 14.81 crore being awarded to claimants.
Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, patron-in-chief of TSLSA, guided the exercise while Justice P Sam Koshy of the Telangana high court and executive chairman, TSLSA, said Lok Adalat was an important mechanism for providing speedy, affordable and accessible justice. Panchakshari urged litigants and advocates to make effective use of the mechanism for mutual settlements.
The reconciled couple settled the maintenance case before Lok Adalat, where judge K Murali Mohan felicitated them.