Patna, May 10 -- Altogether 5,462 cases were settled in the National Lok Adalat held in Patna on Saturday.

The National Lok Adalat was organised under the chairmanship of District and Sessions Judge cum Chairman of District Legal Services Authority Rupesh Dev and under the supervision of Secretary Nitin Tripathi.

While 3,204 cases pending in the court were settled, 2,158 matters were also settled in which the cases were not yet filed in the court.

Altogether 1,305 cases related to cheque bounce were settled through agreement in the National Lok Adalat. Apart from this, Rs 12 crore 1 lakh 96 thousand 782 was recovered in bank loan related cases. Altogether 59 benches were constituted for disposal of the cases in the Lok Adalat. UNI XC RS...