Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 22C(1), 22C(4), 22C(8) -- Permanent Lok Adalat - Insurance claim for theft - Insurance company disputed fact of theft - Determination before Permanent Lok Adalat will involve the question as to whether or not an offence, which is non-compoundable in nature, has indeed been committed - Held, the case falls outside the..........
Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, Section 13(2), Constitution of India, 1950, Article 226, 227 -- Recovery of debt - Petitioner seeking direction to bank to not send goondas to recover balance amount - Failure of defaulter to honour earlier settlement reached before Lok Adalat - Bank denied allegations of..........
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 21(1) -- Lok Adalat - Order of Permanent Lok Adalat challenged after six years - Order set aside as the same was not passed on consent or compromise - Held, unless the award of the Lok Adalat is based upon consent, the same is a nullity...........
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 226, Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 22C(1), Electricity Act, 2003 -- Cognizance of cases by permanent Lok Adalat - Issue is in regards to avoidable harassment and expense on respondent who took electricity connection from Board - Meter was replaced by new one on account of it being running slow - Failure of Board in..........
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 20, 23 -- Lok Adalat - Has no adjudicatory or judicial functions - Its functions relate purely to conciliation - It determines a reference on the basis of a compromise or settlement between the parties - Lok Adalat has no power to hear parties to adjudicate a case - It discusses the subject matter with the parties and persuades..........
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 20, 23 -- Lok Adalat - Award in terms of a settlement arrived at between the parties, duly signed by parties and annexed to the award - It is final and binding on parties - It is executable as if it is a decree of a civil court - No appeal against it lies to any Court - Such an award can only be challenged by filing a petition..........
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 20, 23 -- Lok Adalat - Award - Not based on any settlement arrived at in between the parties - Award with a direction to respondent to either make payment or approach High Court for disposal of appeal on merits, if it does not agree - Such is not an award of Lok Adalat - There is no need to challenge such an award under Article..........
Delhi Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 21 -- Award passed by Lok Adalat - Appeal against award - Maintainability - Respondent filed application assailing award on ground that he has been defrauded by his own counsel on whose advice he had executed some documents - No reply file by appellant to said application - Therefore, appeal against award of Lok Adalat is..........
M.P. Lokayukt Evam Up-Lokayukt Adhiniyam, 1981, Section 2(g),3 -- Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sahakari Bank Employees (Terms of Employment and Working Conditions) Rules, 1976, Rules 3(b) , 14(b) , 21, 22(a) , 23 and 61 - Appointment - Jurisdiction - Lokayukt - Appointment of employees (clerk-cum-typist) of the M.P. State Cooperative Bank gone into by the Lok Ayukat - Plea that he..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 436, 427, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 173 -- Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 - Lok Adalat - Power of - Lok Adalat is not a regular Court - Lok Adalat has no power to entertain report submitted by Police under Section 173 Cr. P.C...........
