Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 21 -- Modification of compromise decree passed by Lok Adalat - Once parties report settlement and award is passed by Lok Adalat, it becomes functus officio and any aggrieved party has to seek redressal of his grievance by approaching a writ Court u/art 226 of Constitution - Modification of compromise decree by Legal Services..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 376(1), 323, 357ka, 504, 506, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 7, 8 -- Quashing of proceedings - Compromise - Rape - Victims do not have the freedom to compromise the matter in heinous offences such as rape and molestation of minors - Proceedings cannot be quashed..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 3A, Constitution of India, 1950, Article 226 -- Compromise decree - Writ petition - Maintainability - Only remedy available to a party to a consent decree or any person not a party to a suit or appeal, to avoid such consent decree, is to approach the same Court which recorded the compromise and made a decree in terms of it and..........
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 20 -- Lok Adalat - Award can be made only on compromise between parties - If parties do not arrive at a compromise or settlement, Lok Adalat is bound to remit back the matter to Court...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 147 -- Dishonour of cheque - Compounding of offence - Compromise arrived at between parties - Offence u/s 138 of the Act can be compounded even after recording conviction and sentence - Accused acquitted...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13B -- Divorce by mutual consent - Compromise after grant of decree of divorce by mutual consent - Parties realized their mistake in parting ways and have against come together - Such a step shall be beneficial for both the parties as well as their child - Decree set aside...........
Family settlement -- Consent decree or judgment on admission - Limitation to challenge decree - Decree passed on the basis of admission of oral family settlement in written statement and recording of statement of defendant on that basis - It is a judgment on admission and not a consent/compromise decree - Limitation to challenge decree starts to run from the date of..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 379, 188 -- Quashing of proceedings - Compromise - Offence u/ss 379, 188 IPC - Compromise arrived at between parties and they settled their differences - Continuation of criminal proceedings after compromise would amount to abuse of process of Court - Proceedings quashed...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code,1860, Section 506, 118 -- Compromise - Quashing of proceedings - Non compoundable offences - FIR and proceedings can be quashed in the facts and peculiar circumstances of the case...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 147 -- Dishonour of cheque - Memorandum of understanding entered into in between parties during pendency of revision in High Court - Parties were to settle the dispute between themselves - As per terms of agreement Respondent No.2 was to file a compromise petition before High Court which he failed to do so, which resulted in..........
