Section 21
Award of Lok Adalat.
The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987
About this Act
An Act to constitute legal services authorities to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organise Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunity.
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[(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 Adalat 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 (7 of 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.
(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.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 59 of 1994, s. 16, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 29-10-1994),