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New Okhla Industrial Development ... vs Yunus on 3 February, 2022

(emphasis supplied) 31 We reiterate that the powers of the Lok Adalat constituted under Section 19 of the LSA Act are to be distinguished from the nature of powers granted to a Permanent Lok Adalat established under Section 22-B of the LSA Act. It is in the context of interpreting the jurisdiction of Lok Adalats constituted under Section 19 of the LSA Act, that this Court has held that the Lok Adalat cannot perform any adjudicatory function in terms of Section 20 of the LSA Act18. D Conclusion 32 The Single Judge of the Karnataka High Court in the order dated 3 July 2019 observed that the Permanent Lok Adalat has no adjudicatory function. This finding of the Single Judge was upheld by the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court in its impugned judgement dated 6 March 2021 where it observed that the Permanent Lok Adalat cannot act as a regular civil court in adjudicating the dispute between the parties. Based on our analysis of the LSA Act and precedents of this Court, such an (Life Insurance Corporation of India v. Suresh Kumar2011) 7 SCC 491; State of Punjab v. Jalour Singh & Ors. (2008) 2 SCC 660; Estate Officer v. Colonel HV Mankotia (2021) SCC 15/20 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.(MD).No.1046 of 2020 OnLine SC 898; and New Okhla Industrial Development Authority v. Yunus and Ors. (2022) SCC OnLine SC 138 PART D understanding is clearly incorrect. Therefore, we hold that these observations of the Single Judge and Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court were incorrect.
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