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Section 22E of THE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITIES ACT, 1987
Award of Permanent Lok Adalat to be final.
- (1)Every award of the Permanent Lok Adalat under this Act made either on merit or in terms of a settlement agreement shall be final and binding on all the parties thereto and on persons claiming under them.
- (2)Every award of the Permanent Lok Adalat under this Act shall be deemed to be a decree of a civil court.
- (3)The award made by the Permanent Lok Adalat under this Act shall be by a majority of the persons constituting the Permanent Lok Adalat.
- (4)Every award made by the Permanent Lok Adalat under this Act shall be final and shall not be called in question in any original suit, application or execution proceeding.
- (5)The Permanent Lok Adalat may transmit any award made by it to a civil court having local jurisdiction and such civil court shall execute the order as if it were a decree made by that court.]