Shillong, July 14: As many as 329 out of 1751 cases including pre-litigation and pending cases were disposed of in a single day through a Lok Adalat organized across the state on Saturday.

Under the patronage and guidance of Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court who is also the Patron-in-Chief of the Meghalaya State Legal Services Authority, the National Lok Adalat under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority(NALSA) was organised by the Meghalaya State Legal Services Authority across the State, in the High Court of Meghalaya, all District Courts as well as Sub-Divisional Courts and in all the District Council Courts at Shillong, Jowai and Tura.

About 1751 cases including pre-litigation and pending cases involving criminal and civil cases as well as matters relating to default of payment of loans to Banks and other related cases were taken up at the Lok Adalat.

About 329 cases were disposed of in a single day, and the total amount of settlement in terms of money was Rs 80,46,203.