RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Sept.11: An eight-year-old partition suit which had created confusion among six sisters and four brothers of a family was finally disposed of along with 13,968 other cases involving Rs 21 crore in National Lok Adalat. It was inaugurated by Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh at the civil court premises with the distribution of cheques worth Rs 1.50 crore among 22 victims.
A senior advocate associated with the District Legal Service Authority L.K.Giri informed this saying how mediation helped solve the dispute.
“The case arose in 2013 after Dr Narendra Kumar Singh filed a partition suit demanding his share of ancestral property from his three brothers Manpal Singh. Tajinder Singh and Devender Pal Singh and later his six sisters also turned up with the same demand,” advocate Giri said.
“The matter was settled in 2019 with the active initiative of advocates Amar Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Kundan Verma and Ravi Bodra. It was agreed that three brothers Manpal, Tajinder and Devender, will pay Rs 96 lakh to the plaintiff and Rs 93 lakh to each of their sisters. Finally, the payment, which was being done in part through court since 2019, was cleared,” Giri added.
Advocate Giri said the matter was handled by sub-judge-VI Abhishek Prasad and the dispute concluded in a healthy atmosphere.
Justice Singh, the Executive Chairman of JHALSA, while addressing the inauguration programme appreciated the DLSA for its work. He said the Lok Adalat has always been beneficial as its purpose is to ensure disposal of pending cases by ensuring proper justice to plaintiffs.
Justice Singh said during the last National Lok Adalat 12765 cases were disposed of expressing his hope for the disposal of 20,000 cases during the Adalat across the state.
He said as many as 4,65,000 cases are pending in the courts across the state and their quick disposal is a big challenge.
Principal judicial commissioner Navneet Kumar expressed his gratitude towards Justice Singh and shared the achievement of DLSA. He said Lok Adalat helps save time and money for justice seekers.
