Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 20, 21, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 1 -- Dishonour of cheque - Complaint transferred to Lok Adalat - Compromise by parties - Award of Rs.4 lacs passed - Such an award is a decree and same is executable under CPC - Execution - Pecuniary jurisdiction of Court..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 20, 21 -- Dishonour of cheque - Complaint - Transferred to Lok Adalat - Compromise by parties - Lok Adalat passed an award for Rs.4 lacs - Such an award is a decree - The same is executable under Civil Procedure Code...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 20, 21, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 1 -- Dishonour of cheque - Complaint transferred to Lok Adalat - Compromise by parties - Award of Rs.4 lacs passed - Such an award is a decree and same is executable under CPC - Execution - Pecuniary jurisdiction of Court..........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 17 -- Family settlement before Permanent Lok Adalat wherein petitioner relinquished his title and interest in land - Petitioner not member of family and legitimately could not arrive at family settlement - Forum of Permanent Lok Adalat approached by petitioner with a view of circumvent provisions of Registration Act and Stamp Act - Held,..........
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 20(5) -- Lok Adalat - Case not settled - Case is to be heard and decided on merits by Court - Conduct of the party before Lok Adalat or other Alternative Dispute Resolution fora, howsoever stubborn or unreasonable, is totally irrelevant...........
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 20(5) -- Lok Adalat - Case not settled - Any admission made, any tentative agreement reached, or any concession made during the negotiation process before the Lok Adalat cannot be used either in favour of a party or against a party when the matter comes back to the Court on failure of the settlement process...........
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 -- Lok Adalat to have an uniform procedure, prescribed Registers and standardized formats of awards and permanent record of the awards, to avoid misuse or abuse of the ADR process - National Legal Services Authority as the apex body, should issue uniform guidelines for the effective functioning of the Lok Adalats - Principles underlying..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 89 -- Alternative Dispute Resolution - Lok Adalats is an alternative dispute resolution mechanism - There should be no pressure, force, coercion or threat to the litigants to settle disputes against their wishes...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Second appeal - Case referred to Lok Adalat - Counsel ready in pre-lunch session but seeking adjournment on ground of sudden illness or physical ailment in the post-lunch session - Second appeal cannot be dismissed on the ground that his client was cantankerous and unreasonable before the Lok Adalat...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 438, Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 19(5) -- Anticipatory bail - Held, that Lok Adalat cannot dispose of an anticipatory bail application which is not a proceeding which is disposable by compromise or settlement whereas jurisdiction of Lok Adalat is confined to disposal of cases only on the basis of compromise or..........
