The Meghalaya State Legal Services Authority has organised the National Lok Adalat yesterday in all the districts of Meghalaya, under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and under the patronage of the Justice Biswanath Somadder, Chief Justice, Meghalaya High Court and patron-in-chief of the Meghalaya State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) and under the supervision of Justice R V More, Judge, Meghalaya High Court and Executive Chairman of the Meghalaya State Legal Services Authority.
658 pre-litigation cases and 551 pending cases were taken up in the National Lok Adalat in the whole State for settlement. The cases taken were MACT, Bank Recovery, Civil Cases and Criminal Compoundable cases.
A total of 171 cases were settled and an amount of Rs 1,00,10,452.50 was settled.