Supreme Court of India
Estate Officer v. Colonel H.V. Mankotia (retired)
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the 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 reference was received for disposal in accordance with law – Lok Adalat has no jurisdiction at all to decide the matter on merits once it is found that compromise or settlement could not be arrived at between the parties – Impugned order passed by the Lok Adalat dismissing the writ…
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