Supreme Court of India

Hemantha Kumar v. R. Mahadevaiah & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 12 S.C.R. 117
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 11 July 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the High Court has committed a grave/ serious error in setting aside the consent decree dated 18.08.2007 passed in the Lok Adalat, which was presided over by the very learned T rial Court Judge.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure,1908 – Or.XXIII, r.3 – Consent decree – Grant of – The original plaintiff instituted suit for specific performance of the agreement to sell – Before the Trial Court plaintiff and defendants submitted an application under Or.XXXIII, r.3 and requested to pass consent decree as parties have settled the d ispute – Trial Court referred the matter to Lok Adalat – Lok Adalat passed the consent decree – Defendants filed writ petition befo re the High Court challenging the consent decree on ground of fra ud – High Court set aside the consent decree, observing that counsel for

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