Lok Adalat Award -- Challenge by Recall Application -- Recall application before Civil Court not maintainable; remedy lies only under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution
(i) Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, S.21(2) -- Lok Adalat Award -- Challenge by Recall Application -- A Lok Adalat award, though deemed a decree of a civil court for purposes of enforcement, is not amenable to challenge by way of a recall application before the Civil Court. No appeal lies against a Lok Adalat award under Section 21(2) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. The only remedy against such an award is to invoke the writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Articles 226 and/or 227 of the Constitution of India. (ii) Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, S.21 -- Lok Adalat Award -- Fraud -- A Lok Adalat award obtained by fraud is a nullity and void ab initio. It may be challenged at any time and laches alone cannot non-suit a party where the award is void on account of fraud. Non-disclosure of a prior alienation of the allotted property and the pendency of litigation over it, while inducing the other party to sign a compromise, constitutes fraud vitiating the award.
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