Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 587 · Decided 18 May 2022

K. Srinivasappa & ORS. v. M. Mallamma & ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2022 INSC 587 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 190
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 3486/2022
Decided
18 May 2022
Bench
M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
CPC Section 96

Headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or. XXIII r. 3 - Compromise of suit - Compromise recorded by the Lok Adalat, between the parties to the suit - Recall of said order by the High Court in writ petitions filed there against - Sustainability of - Held: Writ court cannot, in any reasoning, set aside the order of the Lok Adalat - Strong reasons are required to recall a compromise recorded - Compromise ultimately results into a decree of a court which can be enforced just as a decree and such decree shall be final and binding upon the parties - Writ

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