As many as 2,420 pending litigation and pre-litigation cases were settled during Lok Adalats held at various places in the district on Sunday.
The settled ones included civil cases, cheque bounce cases, labour cases and those pertaining to Domestic Violence Act. Principal District Judge S. Kumaraguru inaugurated the Lok Adalat held at the Combined Court premises in the city.
Similar adalats were also held at Lalgudi, Thuraiyur, Manapparai and Musiri.
A total number of 11,074 pending litigation and pre-litigation cases were taken up during the adalats in the district. These included cases relating to civil, land-acquisition, Domestic Violence Act, Motor Claims Tribunal Original Petition (MCOP), cheque bounce and maintenance cases.
Among the slew of cases which were settled included 152 civil cases, 60 cheque bounce cases,151 MCOP cases and 13 labour cases, an official release from the District Legal Services Authority said.
