Mangalore, Jul 1: A legal literacy chariot and mobile Lok Adalat (People's court) was inaugurated and flagged off by principal district and sessions judge Arun Chowdapurkar in the district court premises here on Monday.
The mobile court was inaugurated as part of legal awareness campaign organised by Dakshina Kannada District Legal Services Authority, Mangalore, in association with DK district administration, Mangalore Bar Association and various other departments.
The legal literacy chariot and mobile court will traverse across the taluk for a period of three days to settle disputes which can be settled through compromise. The chariot has travelled across Belthangady and Sullia over the past ten days, said president of the bar association P Ashok Ariga.
Mr Chowdapurkar told mediapersons that the mobile Lok Adalat had disposed a total of 5,785 cases in 633 sittings in Dakshina Kannada from January to December 2012.
A sum of Rs 92.35 lakhs was awarded as compensation in motor vehicle cases and Rs 1.84 lakhs as compensation in land acquisition cases. About 165 legal literacy camps were held in the district including 24 in Mangalore taluk.
He said that between January and May 2013, a total of 3,126 cases had been disposed in 282 sittings in the entire district. This included 2,834 criminal cases, 239 civil cases and 53 motor vehicle cases. A total of 26 legal awareness workshops were conducted during this period of time, he said.
He said that the mobile Adalat had garnered a good response from all quarters of the district over the past few months. “We will continue this service to create legal awareness among the general public until we reach the highest level of awareness among the masses,” he said.
Deputy Commissioner N Prakash, DK Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr K N Vijayaprakash, Regional Transport Officer Mallikarjuna, deputy director of Women and Children Welfare department Shakunthala and Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) Moses Jayashekar were present on the occasion.
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