At the Jammu bench, the national Lok Adalat was inaugurated by Chief Justice M. M. Kumar, while at Srinagar, it was inaugurated by Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir.
Inspite of the minus temperatures in Leh and Kargil districts, a large number of litigants participated in the Lok Adalat.
The National Lok Adalat, held simultaneously in the Supreme Court and courts across the country, Saturday settled over 35 lakh of the 39 lakh pending cases concerning accident claims, matrimonial disputes, dud cheques and traffic fines, among others.
