Lok Adalat -- Pecuniary Jurisdiction -- No pecuniary limit specified or readable into Section 19(5) of Legal Services Authorities Act 1987
(i) Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, S.19(5) -- Lok Adalat -- Pecuniary Jurisdiction -- The statute does not specify any pecuniary jurisdiction for Lok Adalats and no such limitation can be read into the provisions of S.19(5). (ii) Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, S.21 -- Lok Adalat -- Award -- Challenge on Ground of Fraud -- Where petitioners contend they were directed over phone to appear before the Lok Adalat on short notice and were forced into a compromise, but themselves admit there was no coercion for their appearance and that they were accompanied by their lawyer at the time of settlement, such allegations of fraud are not sustainable.
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