https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313668 A Lok Adalat award under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 cannot trigger redetermination of compensation under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court explained that a Lok Adalat functions through compromise or settlement and does not decide disputes by adjudication, while the deeming fiction in Section 21 only makes the award enforceable as a decree. Section 28A applies only where compensation has been enhanced by an award of the court under the Land Acquisition Act after adjudication, and that statutory scheme cannot be extended to treat a Lok Adalat settlement as a reference court award. The fiction cannot be enlarged beyond its purpose. en-us Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:10:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313668 A Lok Adalat award under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 cannot trigger redetermination of compensation under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court explained that a Lok Adalat functions through compromise or settlement and does not decide disputes by adjudication, while the deeming fiction in Section 21 only makes the award enforceable as a decree. Section 28A applies only where compensation has been enhanced by an award of the court under the Land Acquisition Act after adjudication, and that statutory scheme cannot be extended to treat a Lok Adalat settlement as a reference court award. The fiction cannot be enlarged beyond its purpose. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313668