FEW OF THE JUDGEMENTS ON THE ISSUE THAT THE AWARD PASSED BY THE LOK ADALAT BASED ON A COMPROMISE HAS TO BE TREATED AS A DECREE CAPABLE OF EXECUTION BY A CIVIL COURT.
FEW OF THE JUDGEMENTS ON THE ISSUE THAT THE AWARD PASSED BY THE LOK ADALAT BASED ON A COMPROMISE HAS TO BE TREATED AS A DECREE CAPABLE OF EXECUTION BY A CIVIL COURT. Sl. No. TITLE & CITATION RELEVANT PARAGRAPHS 1. K.N. Govindan Kutty Menon Vs. C.D. Shaji, (2011) 11 SC CK 0019 Para No.4(a), 4(c), 4(d) and 17 4. Brief facts: (a) The Appellant herein filed a complaint being C.C. No. 1216 of 2007 before the Judicial Ist Class Magistrate Court No. 1, Ernakulam against the Respondent herein u/s 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (in short `the Negotiable Instruments Act''). The Magistrate referred the said complaint to the Ernakulam District Legal Service Authority for trying the case for settlement between the parties in the Lok Adalat. (c) As the Respondent did not pay any of the installments as per the settlement, the Appellant filed execution petition being E.P. No..... of 2009 in C.C. No. ...