https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198718 An award passed by a Lok Adalat on reference of a criminal complaint does not acquire the character of a civil court decree for execution. Section 21 of the Legal Services Authorities Act deems a Lok Adalat award to be a decree of a civil court only where that is consistent with the nature of the reference court's competence. Because a criminal court cannot pass a civil decree, an award recorded on settlement of a criminal complaint referred to Lok Adalat is treated as the order of the criminal court from which the matter was referred, not as an executable civil decree. An independent application for cheque amount may stand differently, but not on these facts. en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:19:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198718 An award passed by a Lok Adalat on reference of a criminal complaint does not acquire the character of a civil court decree for execution. Section 21 of the Legal Services Authorities Act deems a Lok Adalat award to be a decree of a civil court only where that is consistent with the nature of the reference court's competence. Because a criminal court cannot pass a civil decree, an award recorded on settlement of a criminal complaint referred to Lok Adalat is treated as the order of the criminal court from which the matter was referred, not as an executable civil decree. An independent application for cheque amount may stand differently, but not on these facts. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198718