TIRUCHY: Tiruchy district stands second in resolving the maximum number of cases through Lok Adalat, but still, awareness should be created among the litigants to ensure fast disposal and zero pending cases on the upcoming National Lok Adalat Day scheduled on March 14, said Principal District Judge M Christopher here on Monday
PDJ Christopher said, there are around 60,000 cases, including 7,000 cheque bounce cases, pending across the courts, including the Tiruchy Combined Court Complex, courts in Musiri, Thuraiyur, Manapparai, Lalgudi, Srirangam and Thottiyam and the Lok Adalat scheduled on March 14 would benefit the litigants through amicable settlements. “Every category of cases would be taken up for the settlement with mutual consents of the parties,” the PDJ said.
Ahead of the Lok Adalat, the pre-negotiation sittings for the litigants commenced from February 23, which would continue till March 13, through which the cases would be settled amicably, which would save time and money for both the litigants.
Meanwhile the PDJ said that the Tiruchy district ranked second in settlement of cases through the Lok Adalat and the earlier Lok Adalat held in the month of September 2025 had settled the cases amounting over Rs 57 crore and resolved as many as 4,851 cases and the district was placed third position in the state and the December Lok Adalat had settled the cases worth Rs 52 crore and settled as many as 5,119 cases and stood at second position. “The upcoming Lok Adalat is expected to surpass the number of cases solved earlier only when proper awareness among the litigants is made”, the PDJ stressed.