Chandigarh, 9th April, 2016: As per the directions by the Hon’ble
Justice Mr. Surya Kant, Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman,
State Legal Services Authority, U.T., Chandigarh, the Labour Department, U.T.,
Chandigarh organized the National Lok Adalat, chaired by the Assistant Labour
Commissioner-cum- Authority under various Labour Acts, today.
The
main objective of this National Lok Adalat was to relieve heavy burden on the
Courts with pre-litigation/pending cases and to give relief to the litigants
who were in a queue to get justice. For the purpose of awareness, the
department called upon the meetings with representatives of employees’ and
employers’ and their respective associations, trade unions to encourage and
motivate workers and management to avail this remedial opportunity for speedy
justice and for mutual settlement of disputes related to various labour laws
such as ‘The Payment of Wages Act, 1936, The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, The Payment
of Gratuity Act, 1972, The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and The Employee’s
Compensation Act, 1923. Today, a total of 295 cases were disposed of.
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