The High Court Legal Services Committee, Bengaluru this week conducted the first virtual Lok Adalat through video conferencing amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. .The Lok Adalat Bench comprised the Karnataka High Court's Justice Alok Aradhe, who is also Chairman of the High Court Legal Services Committee, and Vijay Kumar Patil, Conciliator. .The Bench was able to settle 31 cases pertaining to two insurance companies. It awarded compensation of Rs 62,95,000 to the victims of motor vehicle accidents..The press release issued further states that the first virtual Lok Adalat in Karnataka was conducted with the able support and guidance of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar..On a concluding note, the release also urges advocates and the litigant public to make use of the virtual Lok Adalat facility and strive to settle large number of cases during the COVID-19 pandemic period..Last week, in an effort to dispose of pending cases by following precautionary measures amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an e-Lok Adalat was organized in Chhattisgarh where hearings were conducted via video conferencing..Virtual Lok Adalat organised in Chhattisgarh amid COVID-19 pandemic disposes of 2,270 cases in a day.Chhattisgarh is the first state to have organised an e-Lok Adalat..[Read press release here]
