As many as 21,570 cases were disposed of at a National Lok Adalat organised by the District Legal Services Authority at various courts in the district recently.
A sum of ₹39.79 crore was ordered to be settled across various cases, DLSA chairman and District Judge P.V. Balakrishnan and DLSA secretary and Sub-judge S. Shamnad said.
As much as ₹38 lakh was recovered from nearly 200 under-valuation cases plaguing the Registration department.