https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=423532 A Lok Adalat award founded on compromise has the force of a civil court decree and is final and binding on the parties. Writ interference is permissible only where fraud or invalidity of the compromise is strictly established on cogent, reasoned findings; a compromise decree cannot be lightly recalled. As the objectors had accepted the consideration and failed to show its return, and the High Court set aside the award without dealing with the Lok Adalat's findings, the interference was held unjustified. The compromise recorded by the Lok Adalat was restored and the challenge failed. en-us Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=423532 A Lok Adalat award founded on compromise has the force of a civil court decree and is final and binding on the parties. Writ interference is permissible only where fraud or invalidity of the compromise is strictly established on cogent, reasoned findings; a compromise decree cannot be lightly recalled. As the objectors had accepted the consideration and failed to show its return, and the High Court set aside the award without dealing with the Lok Adalat's findings, the interference was held unjustified. The compromise recorded by the Lok Adalat was restored and the challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=423532