Payment of ₹2.66 crore in arbitration dispute tops among cases settled in Lok Adalat in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi
The Hindu
The New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) paid ₹2.66 crore to Messers Admiral Marine Services Limited at the National Lok Adalat here on Saturday for settlement of the arbitration petition of April 2022, which was pending before the First Additional District and Sessions Court, Mangaluru
The New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) paid ₹2.66 crore to Messers Admiral Marine Services Limited at the National Lok Adalat here on Saturday for settlement of the arbitration petition of April 2022, which was pending before the First Additional District and Sessions Court, Mangaluru.
This arbitration petition was among the 14,840 cases settled during 48 sessions of National Lok Adalat held across 44 courts in Dakshina Kannada. The total settlement amount amounted to ₹17.97 crore.
Among the cases settled included payment of ₹25 lakh in a case of dishonour of cheque filed in 2019. In a Motor Vehicle Accident compensation (MVC) petition filed in 2021, the National Insurance Company agreed to pay ₹23.3 lakh as compensation to two petitioners.
A senior citizen was granted compensation of ₹1.5 lakh in a MVC case, while another senior citizen was paid a compensation of ₹1.2 lakh in a case of dishonour of cheque.
Of the other cases settled include two cases where a husband and a wife had a reunion. A partition suit of 2013 pending before the court of Principal Civil Judge and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Puttur, was also settled.
In Udupi, Universal Sompo General Insurance agreed to pay ₹91 lakh as compensation to family members of a Udupi City Municipal Council employee who died in an accident in January 2021.
Among the other cases settled in Udupi district included reunion of a 64-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman of Udupi.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”