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Permanent and Continuous Pension Lok Adalat Scheme, 2003 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2003

.....PENSION LOK ADALAT SCHEME, 2003 PERMANENT AND CONTINUOUS PENSION LOK ADALAT SCHEME, 2003 In pursuance of the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 19 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987), the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority with the Approval of the State Government, is hereby pleased to frame the following Scheme of Permanent and Continuous Pension Lok Adalat, namely :- Scheme 1 Short title (1) This Scheme may be called the Permanent and Continuous Pension Lok Adalat Scheme, 2003. (2) It shall come into from the date of publication of the Scheme in the Maharashtra Government Gazette. Scheme 2 Organisation Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority has decided to constitute Pension Lok Adalat/s and may request High Court Legal Services Comittee at Mumbai and Sub-Committees at Aurangabad or Nagpur to organise Permanent and Continuous Pension Lok Adalat as follows :- (a) The Pension Lok Adalat may be held every month on non working high Court Saturday or Sunday, as would be convenient. (b) The Pension Lok Adalat may be oranised in the premises of the High Court at Bombay, Aurangabad or at Nagpur. (c) The Pension Lok Adalat Shall have.....

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Chapter VI

Title: Lok Adalats

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....and arrive at a compromise or settlement between the parties. (4) Every Lok Adalat shall, while determining any reference before it under this Act, act with utmost expedition to arrive at a compromise or settlement between the parties and shall be guided by the principles of justice, equity, fair play and other legal principles. (5) Where no award is made by the Lok Adalat on the ground that no compromise or settlement could be arrived at between the parties, the record of the case shall be returned by it to the court, from which the reference has been received under sub-section (1) for disposal in accordance with law. (6) Where no award is made by the Lok Adalat on the ground that no compromise or settlement could bearrived at between the parties, in a matter referred to in sub-setion (2), that Lok Adalat shall advise the partiesto seek remedy in a court. (7) Where the record of the case is returned under sub-section (5) to the court, such court shall proceed to deal with such case from the stage which was reached before such reference under sub-section (1).] Section 21 - Award to Lok Adalat 1[(1) Every award of the Lok Adalat shall be deemed to be a decree of a.....

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Section 20

Title: Cognizance of Cases by Lok Adalats

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....Adalat shall proceed to dispose of the ease or mailer and arrive at a compromise or settlement between the parties. (4) Every Lok Adalat shall, while determining any reference before it under this Act, act with utmost expedition to arrive at a compromise or settlement between the parties and shall be guided by the principles of justice, equity, fair play and other legal principles. (5) Where no award is made by the Lok Adalat on the ground that no compromise or settlement could be arrived at between the parties, the record of the case shall be returned by it to the court, from which the reference has been received under sub-section (1) for disposal in accordance with law. (6) Where no award is made by the Lok Adalat on the ground that no compromise or settlement could bearrived at between the parties, in a matter referred to in sub-setion (2), that Lok Adalat shall advise the partiesto seek remedy in a court. (7) Where the record of the case is returned under sub-section (5) to the court, such court shall proceed to deal with such case from the stage which was reached before such reference under sub-section (1).]

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Section 22C

Title: Cognizance of Case of Permanent Lok Adalat

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....Lok Adalat under sub-section (1), it-- (a) shall direct each party to the application to file before it a written statement, stating therein the facts and nature of dispute under the application, points or issues in such dispute and grounds relied in support of, or in opposition to, such points or issues, as the case may be, and such party may supplement such statement with any document and other evidence which such party deems appropriate in proof of such facts and grounds and shall send a copy of such statement together with a copy of such document and other evidence, if any, to each of the parties to the application; (b) may require any party to the application to file additional statement before it at any stage of the conciliation proceedings; (c) shall communicate any document or statement received by it from any party to the application to the other party, to enable such other party to present reply thereto. (4) When statement, additional statement and reply, if any, have been filed under sub-section (3), to the satisfaction of the Permanent Lok Adalat, it shall conduct conciliation proceedings between the parties to the application in such manner as it thinks.....

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Section 19

Title: Organisation of Lok Adalat

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....State Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court. (5) A Lok Adalat shall have jurisdiction to determine and to arrive at a compromise or settlement between the parties to a dispute in respect of-- (i) any case pending before; or (ii) any matter which is falling within the jurisdiction of, and is not brought before, any court for which the Lok Adalat is organised : Provided that the Lok Adalat shall have no jurisdiction in respect of any case or matter relating to an offence not compoundable under any law. ________________________ 1. Substituted for sections 19, 20 by Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act (59 of 1994), section 15 (29-10-94).

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Section 22

Title: Powers of Lok Adalats

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....other matters as may be prescribed. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers contained in sub-section (1), every1[Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat] shall have the requisite powers to specify its own procedure for the determination of any dispute coming before it. (3) All proceedings before a1[Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat] shall be deemed to be judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193, 219 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code and every1[Lok Adalat or Permanent Lok Adalat] shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purpose of section 195 and Chapter XXVI of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. ________________________ 1. Substituted for "Lok Adalat" by the Legal services Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002 w.e.f. 11-06-2002.

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Section 22E

Title: Award of Permanent Lok Adalat to Be Final

State: Central

Year: 1987

(1) Every award of the Permanent Lok Adalat under this Act made either on merit or in terms of a settlement agreement shall be final and binding on all the parties thereto and on 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 court. (3) The award made by the Permanent Lok Adalat under this Act shall be by a majority of the persons constituting the Permanent Lok Adalat. (4) Every award made by the Permanent Lok Adalat under this Act shall be final and shall not be called in question in any original suit, application or execution proceeding. (5) The Permanent Lok Adalat may transmit any award made by it to a civil court having local jurisdiction and such civil court shall execute the order as if it were a decree made by that court.]

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Section 22B

Title: Establishment of Permanent Lok Adalats

State: Central

Year: 1987

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 19, the Central Authority or, as the case may be, 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 utility services and for such areas as may be specified in the notification. (2) Every Permanent Lok Adalat established for an area notified under subsection (1) shall consist of-- (a) a person who is, or has been, a district judge or additional district judge or has held judicial office higher in rank than that of a district judge, shall be the Chairman of the Permanent Lok Adalat; and (b) two other persons having adequate experience in public utility service to be nominated by the Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government on the recommendation of the Central Authority or, as the case may be, the State Authority, appointed by the Central Authority or, as the case may be, the State Authority, establishing such Permanent Lok Adalat and the other terms and conditions of the appointment of the Chairman and other persons referred to in clause (b) shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central.....

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Section 23

Title: Members and Staff of Authorities, Committees, and Lok Adalats to Be Public Servants

State: Central

Year: 1987

1 [23. Members and staffof Authorities, Committees, and Lok Adalats to be public servants.-- The members includingMember-Secretary or, as the case may be, Secretary of the Central Authority,the State Authorities, the District Authorities, the Supreme Court LegalServices Committee, HighCourt Legal Services Committees Taluk Legal Services Committees and officersand other employees of suchAuthorities, Commit-tees and the 2 [members of theLok Adalats or the persons constituting Permanent Lok Adalats] shall be deemed to be publicservants within the meaningof section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. ________________________ 1. Substituted for sections 23, 24 by Legal ServicesAuthorities (Amendment) Act (59 of 1994), section 17 (29-10-94). 2. Substituted for "member of the LokAdalats" by LegalServices Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002 w.e.f. 11-06-2002.

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 Section 21

Title: Award to Lok Adalat

State: Central

Year: 1987

1[(1) Every award of the Lok Adalat shall be deemed to be a decree of a civil court or, as the case may be, an order of any other court and where a compromise or settlement has been arrived at by a Lok Adalal in a case referred to it under sub-section (1) of section 20, the court-fee paid in such case shall be refunded in the manner provided under the Court-fees Act, 1870.] (2) Every award made by a Lok Adalat shall be final and binding on all the parties to the dispute, and no appeal shall lie to any court against the award. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act (59 of 1994), section 16(29-10-94).