Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
22C. Cognizance of cases by Permanent Lok Adalat.—
(1) Any party to a dispute may, before the dispute is brought ... before any court, make an application to the Permanent Lok Adalat for the settlement of dispute: Provided that the Permanent Lok Adalat shall not have
Powers of Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat.—
(1) The Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat shall, for the purposes of holding any determination under ... powers contained in sub-section (1), every Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat shall have the requisite powers to specify its own procedure
different types of
Lok Adalats. The LSA Act refers to two types of Lok Adalats. The first is a Lok
Adalat constituted under Section ... Lok Adalats constituted under section 19 . However
in many states, when Lok Adalats are constituted under section 19 of LSA Act
for regular or continuous
Lok Adalats
to ensure that the operation of the legal system
promoted justice on a basis of equal
opportunity. The system of Lok Adalat, which ... this case.
7. Section 22-A of the Act defines "Permanent Lok Adalat" to mean
a Permanent Lok Adalat established under sub-section
Section 22 of the 1987 Act, the words
“Lok Adalat” were substituted by “Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat” and
a new Chapter ... words “members of the Lok Adalats” were substituted by
the words “members of the Lok Adalats or the persons constituting Permanent
Lok Adalats
section 22 and 23, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Permanent Lok Adalat" means a Permanent Lok Adalat established under sub-section (1) of section
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
22E. Award of Permanent Lok Adalat to be final.—
(1) Every award of the Permanent Lok Adalat under this ... persons claiming under them. (2) Every award of the Permanent Lok Adalat under this Act shall be deemed to be a decree of a civil
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
22B. Establishment of Permanent Lok Adalats.—
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 19, the Central Authority or, as the case ... every State Authority shall, by notification, establish Permanent Lok Adalats at such places and for exercising such jurisdiction in respect of one or more public
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
22D. Procedure of Permanent Lok Adalat.—
The Permanent Lok Adalat shall, while conducting conciliation proceedings or deciding a dispute
parties reach to a settlement
Lok Adalat shall pass an award. However, if no settlement is reached, Lok Adalat
shall return the reference ... settlement despite of best efforts of
the Lok Adalat to explore the possibility of settlement, Lok Adalat shall have no
option except to return
