Supreme Court of India

Bar Council of India v. Union of India

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Reported as [2012] 6 S.C.R. 1094

Bench Rajendra Mal Lodha J.

Decided 3 August 2012

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Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 - Chapter VI- (ss. 22- to 22- ) [as inserted by Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002] - Pre-litigation conciliation and settlement - Establishment of Permanent Lok Ada/at - For settlement of disputes in matters of public utility services - Constitutional validity of - Held: Chapter VJ- is constitutionally valid - It is not violative of Articles 14 and 2t o of the Constitution nor contrary to rule of law, fairness and even-handed justice - It is an alternative institutional mechanism for settlement of disputes concerning public utility services

Authorities it was built on

1991 Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others cited by 59
1999 The State of Punjab v. Baldev Singh cited by 27
2010 Union of India v. R. Gandhi, President, Madras Bar Association cited by 25
1975 Premier Automobiles Ltd. v. Kamlekar Shantaram Wadke of Bombay & Ors. cited by 23
1988 Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Gurnam Kaur cited by 15
1996 M/s. Fair Air Engineers Pvt. Ltd. and Anr. v. N.K. Modi cited by 6
2007 Kishorelal v. Chairman, E.S.I. Corporation cited by 6
2000 Skypak Couriers Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. Tata Chemicals Ltd. Etc. Etc. cited by 6
2003 The Secretary, Thirumurugan Co-operative Agricultural Credit Society v. M. Lalitha (dead) through Lrs. and Ors. cited by 5
2003 Union of India and Ors. v. Jaipal Singh cited by 3
2011 Trans Mediterranean Airways v. M/s Universal Exports & Anr. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2022 Canara Bank v. G S Jayarama referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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