Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 597 · Decided 12 September 2006
State of Punjab and ORS. v. Shri Ganpat Raj
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 597 · [2006] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 25
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4089/2006
- Decided
- 12 September 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987; Section 20: Retiral benefits-Delay in payment-Writ petition-High Court referring it to Lok Adalat--Lok Ada/at passing an award in favour of the employee- C Challenged by the employer-Dismissed by High Court~On appeal, Held: If no compromise or settlement the case did not involve compromise or settlement, it could not have been disposed of by the Lok Ada/at-Though, the High Court was right in holding that the disposal of D the case by the Lok Ada/at was nvt proper but it erred in affirming the order of the Lok Ada/at on merit-High Court ought
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