Supreme Court Quashes Lok Adalat Order in Writ Petition Due to Jurisdictional Overreach Under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Lok Adalat Lacks Authority to Decide Cases on Merits When No Settlement is Reached, Must Return Case to Referring Court as Per Sections 19(5) and 20(5) of the Act....
The dispute arose from an order dated 30.11.2013 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Bench at Indore, in Writ Petition No. 8074 of 2011, where the Lok Adalat dismissed the writ petition on mer...




