14-07-2025
87,297 cases settled during National Adalat in Dharwad district
As many as 87,297 cases were amicably settled during the National Lok Adalat held recently at all the courts in Dharwad district.
According to an official release issued by the Member Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, P.F. Doddamani, of the 16,485 pending conciliable court cases, 12,850 were resolved. Additionally, of the 76,920 pre-litigation cases, 74,447 were settled, taking the total to 87,297. Principal District and Sessions Judge B.S. Bharathi headed the Lok Adalat.
In pre-litigation cases alone, a total of ₹8,30,95,609 was recovered, while in cases pending before courts, a sum of ₹62,18,70,599 was settled.
Couples reconcile
During the Lok Adalat, 21 matrimonial and maintenance cases were amicably settled and couples reconciled.
59 cases pertaining to senior citizens were amicably settled. Among them was a case involving a 92-year-old senior citizen, who withdrew his partition suit through compromise at the Principal Senior Civil Judge Court and Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Dharwad city, the release said.
