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COMPOSITION WORKING AND SUCCESS RATE OF LOK ADALATS IN INDIA

 

A Project Report Has Been Submitted In The Partial Fulfillment Of B.A.L.L.B.(HONS) 8th Semester Exam Of ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEMS

     

 Submitted To Submitted ByMs. Inderpreet kaur Jagdeep Pal Singh

Randhawa 61

    

School OF Legal Studies,G.N.D.U.Regional Campus, Jalandhar.

2009

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Introduction

Research Methodology

Meaning ,ORIGIN And Scope Of

Lok Adalats

WHY THERE IS NEED OF LOK ADALAT

CONSTITUTION VALIDITY

PROCEDURE FOR ORGANISING LOK ADALAT

SIGNIFICANCE OF LOK ADALAT

SIGNIFICANCE OF LOK ADALAT

  A Lok Adalat shall have

jurisdiction to determine and to arrive at a compromise or settlement between the parties to a dispute in respect of:

(i) any case pending before; or (ii) any matter which is falling

within the jurisdiction of, and is not brought before,

any court for which the Lok Adalat is organised.

- The Lok Adalat can compromise and settle even criminal cases, which are compoundable under the relevant laws.

 

COMPOSITION OF LOK ADALATS

REMUNERATION TO OFFICERS AND STAFF OF THE LOK ADALAT

(1) Every member of the Bench of Lok Adalat shall be entitled to conveyance allowance. 

(2) The Presiding Officer of the Lok Adalats held at Taluk and District Levels shall also be entitled to honorarium at such rates as may be determined by the Secretary of the District Authority or the Chairman of the Taluk Legal Services Committee, as the case may be but, not exceeding Rs.50/- per case decided and subject to a maximum of Rs. 500/- per day. 

(3) The Presiding Officer for the Lok Adalats held at High Court Level shall also be entitled to honorarium at such rates as may be determined by the Secretary of the High Court Legal Services Committee, but not exceeding Rs.75/- per case decided and subject to a maximum of Rs.75O/- per day. 

Types of disputes settled in lok adalats

Special features and powers of lok

adalats

Permanent lok adalat and its functions

WORKING OF LOK ADALATS

BUDGET

AWARD TO BE CATEGORICAL AND LUCID

CONSENT OF PARTIES

JUDICIAL REVIEW

SUCCESS RATE OF LOK

ADALATS

BENEFITS

CRITISISM

STATITICS

CONCLUSION

CASE LAWS

BIBLIOGRAPHY