Supreme Court of India

Canara Bank v. G S Jayarama

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Reported as [2022] 4 S.C.R. 162
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 19 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the observations of the Division Bench in the impugned judgment in respect of the adjudicatory powers of the Permanent Lok Adalats were incorrect, while upholding its ultimate conclusion since the Permanent Lok Adalat failed to follow the mandatory conciliation proceedings in the present case.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Legal Services Authorities Act 1987: s. 22- – Cogn izance of cases by Permanent Lok Adalat – Conciliation proceedi ngs u/s. 22- , nature of – Permanent Lok Adalat, if has adju dicatory functions the under the Act – Held: Conciliation pr oceedings u/s. 22- are mandatory in nature – s.22- provides a st ep-by-step scheme on how a matter is to proceed – First step i s filing of application which ousts the jurisdiction of other c ivil courts – Thereafter, on parties filing requisite submissions a nd documents, the Permanent Lok Adalat attempts conciliation between the par ties and thereafter,

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