Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 824 · Decided 28 November 2011
K.N. Govindan Kutty Menon v. C.D. Shaji
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 824 · [2011] 15 S.C.R. 447
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10209/2011
- Decided
- 28 November 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- NI Act Section 138
Headnote
A B Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 - s. 21 - Interpretation of - When a criminal case filed uls. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, referred to by the Magistrate c Court to Lok Ada/at is settled by the parties and an· award is passed recording the settlement, can it be considered executable - Held: In view of the unambiguous language of s.21 of the Act, every award of the Lok Ada/at shall be deemed to be a decree of a civil court D and as such it is executable by that Court - The Act does not make out any such distinction between the reference made by a civil court ana
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