Supreme Court of India
Estate Officer v. Colonel H.V. Mankotia (retired)
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In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, t he impugned order passed by the Lok Adalat, Madhya Pradesh High Court dated 30.11.2013 in Writ Petition No.8074 of 2011 is hereby quashed and set aside.
Judgment, page 8
From the 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, the Lok Adalat has to return the case to the Court from which the re ference was received for disposal in accordance with law – Lok Ad alat has no jurisdiction at all to decide the matter on merits once it i s found that compromise or settlement could not be arrived at between the parties – Impugned order passed by the Lok Adalat dismissin g the
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