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200 cases settled at Lok Adalat

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI DEC. 16 . Nearly 200 cases, involving Rs. 57.8 lakhs, were settled at a lok adalat conducted by the Tiruvallur Legal Aid Committee on December 14.

The adalat, organised for the benefit of the customers of the Indian Overseas Bank, took up as many as 500 cases for settlement.

A collection of Rs. 5.2 lakhs was made on the spot.

The adalat attempts to evolve a mechanism by which the parties, including small farmers, entrepreneurs and traders, could repay the loan in easy instalments, according to a release.

The retired judges, Seenidurai and Mohammad Naynullah Khan, besides the IOB officials, R. Santhanam, Saros Gandhi and A.J. Prasad, presided over the proceedings.

The Tiruvallur sub-judge, S. Rajalakshmi, inaugurated the adalat.

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