 Over 56,000 cases across the country were today disposed of by the third National Lok Adalat which also saw disbursal of 265 crore Rs as claims towards final settlement in bank recovery and cheques bounce cases. According to National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) in New Delhi,several banks, financial institutions and others participated in the Lok Adalat which was organised nationwide and arrived at final settlements of over 265 crore Rs.The Lok Adalat was today organised under the patronage of Chief Justice of India H L Dattu and the leadership of Supreme Court Judge Justice T S Thakur throughout the country except in Assam and Uttar Pradesh. The Lok Adalat was organised in all courts at all levels from the taluk courts to the districts courts, high courts and the Supreme Court. |
Save Dissent to Save Democracy THE rising instances of physical violence and threats against political opponents and the inability to accept dissent must raise huge concerns amongst all of us who see democracy as perhaps the really stellar achievement since Independence. AAP’s attack on BJP headquarters and acts of arson committed under the very noses of their elite leadership; the attacks on Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in Gujarat in the last two days; the recent manhandling of the caretaker of journalist Siddharth Varadarajan’s house by some garden variety thugs; and the violence and threats meted out regularly to their political opponents by political parties is surely deplorable and condemnable. This is a fatally flawed trend which will destroy the very foundations of our democratic institutions if not pushed back with all the strength and condemnation that the civil society can mobilise. Replaying the past To begin with, it must be clarified that we should ...
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