Ludhiana, Sept. 14 -- As many as 96,272 cases were settled and awards worth Rs.234.41 crore were passed during the day-long legal exercise held by the National Lok Adalat across various courts in Ludhiana district on Saturday.

Organised under the guidance of Punjab State Legal Services Authority, Mohali, the Lok Adalat was held under the chairmanship of Harpreet Kaur Randhawa, district and sessions judge-cum-chairperson, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Ludhiana. The event was supervised by Sumit Sabharwal, secretary, DLSA.

The Lok Adalat was also held at sub-division levels in Jagraon, Khanna, Samrala, and Payal. A total of 39 benches at the district level and 10 benches at the sub-divisional level were constituted for disposa...