Section 22D
Procedure of Permanent 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.
The Permanent Lok Adalat shall, while conducting
conciliation proceedings or deciding a dispute on merit under this Act, be guided by the principles of
natural justice, objectivity, fair play, equity and other principles of justice, and shall not be bound by the
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872).