Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 635 · Decided 7 October 2021
Estate Officer v. Colonel H.V. Mankotia (Retired)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 635 · [2021] 8 S.C.R. 728
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6223/2021
- Decided
- 7 October 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 - ss.19, 20 - Jurisdiction of Lok Adalat - Held: Jurisdiction of Lok Adalat is to determine and to arrive at a compromise or a settlement between the parties to a dispute - If no compromise/settlement is arrived at, has to return the case to the Court from which the reference was received for disposal in accordance with law - Lok Adalat has no jurisdiction at all to decide the matter on merits once it is found that compromise or settlement could not be arrived at between the parties - Impugned
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