Lok Adalat disposed of over 25 lakh disputes in a day
Bengaluru (PTI): The National Lok Adalat on December 9, organised by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority disposed of 2,24,080 pending cases, the Authority said on Tuesday.
A total of 1,022 Lok Adalat benches were constituted, which also disposed 22,90,264 pre -litigation cases, making it a total of 25,14,343 disputes settled, it said.
The total settlement amount was Rs 1,569 crore.
There were many individual success stories where old cases were also settled in the Lok Adalat.
"In Mandya Prl. Civil Judge Court, 18 year old partition suit was settled. In Chamarajanagara Addl. Civil Judge Court 11 year old Partition Suit was settled. Many more old cases are also settled in this Lok Adalat," the Authority said in a release.
The disputes settled include 1,358 matrimonial cases: Total 1,358 cases were settled, a total of 262 couples were reunited due to conciliation.
A total of 3,125 partition suits were settled, while 4,031 motor vehicles claims cases were disposed off with a compensation amount of Rs 209 crores awarded. A total of 10,513 Negotiable Instruments Act (cheque bounce) cases were disposed off. Another 88 consumer cases were disposed off and amount of Rs 2 crore 75 lakh awarded.
Dr. Justice H B Prabhakara Sastry, who is also Chairman of High Court Legal Services Committee, personally headed the Lok Adalat Bench at the Principal Bench of the High Court in Bengaluru and settled several important cases. In total, 1,087 cases were settled in the High Court Principal Bench, Kalaburgi and Dharwad Bench.
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Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year's trade deal or it will face higher tariffs
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that goods from the European Union would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4.
The announcement on Thursday appeared to be a deadline extension after the president said last Friday that EU autos would face a higher 25 per cent tariff starting this week. Trump made the updated announcement after what he described as a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Still, the US president was displeased that the European Parliament had yet to finalize the trade arrangement reached last year, which was further complicated in February by the US Supreme Court ruling that Trump lacked the legal authority to declare an economic emergency to impose the initial tariffs used to pressure the EU into talks.
"A promise was made that the EU would deliver their side of the Deal and, as per Agreement, cut their Tariffs to ZERO!" Trump posted. "I agreed to give her until our Country's 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels."
It was unclear from the post whether Trump was implying that the tariff rates would jump on all EU goods or the increase would only apply to autos.
His latest statement indicates he might be backing away from his earlier threat on EU autos by giving the European Parliament several more weeks to approve the agreement.
Under the original terms of the framework, the US would charge a 15 per cent tax on most goods imported from the EU.
But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10 per cent tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.
