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Legal Services Authority Act, 1987

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HDFC ERGO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.versusABDUL RAZZAK AND 5 OTHERS

The petition was filed by HDFC Ergo General Insurance Co. challenging an award of a Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) in a dispute with Abdul Razzak and five others. The petitioner contended that the PLA had not complied with the mandatory conciliation process prescribed under Section 22‑C of the Legal …

BAJAJ ALLIANZ GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.,versusMADHU GUPTA AND 3 OTHERS

The High Court examined a writ petition filed by Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd. challenging an order of the Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) dated 29‑05‑2026. The petitioner argued that the PLA had not complied with the mandatory conciliation procedure prescribed under Section 22 of the …

I.C.I.C.I. LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.versusDHEERAJ JAIN

The petition filed by I.C.I.C.I. Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. challenged an order of a Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) that had decided a dispute with Dheeraj Jain without complying with the conciliation requirements of Section 22‑C of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. The petitioner argued …

UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITEDversusPERMANENT LOK ADALAT AND 2 OTHERS

The petition challenged an order of the Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) in Ghaziabad that resolved an insurance dispute without conducting the statutory conciliation process under Section 22(g) of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. The petitioner argued that the PLA merely made a generic reference …

THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTDversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

The Oriental Insurance Company challenged the order of a Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) that had adjudicated a dispute with the State of Uttar Pradesh and others without conducting a proper conciliation process as mandated by Section 22‑C/22(g) of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. The petitioner …

RAM SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

The petitioner, Ram Singh, approached the Permanent Lok Adalat for dispute resolution, but the matter was already pending before a competent civil court and a civil suit had been filed. Under Sections 22-C(1) and 22-C(2) of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987, the Lok Adalat proceedings were …

LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIAversusAKMAL NAEEM KHAN AND 2 OTHERS

The petitioner, Life Insurance Corporation of India, challenged an order of a Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) dated 17‑04‑2026 which resolved a dispute without conducting the mandatory conciliation process under Section 22‑C of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. The petitioner argued that the PLA …

MADDURI GANGARAJU @ BABU RAOversusMADDURI SUNANDA & OTHERS

2025 INSC 991Appeal(s) allowed

The marriage between Madduri Venkateswara Rao and Madduri Sunanda was dissolved by a California divorce decree in 2007. After returning to India, Sunanda filed a matrimonial suit, a domestic violence case, and an FIR under sections 494 and 498A IPC against her husband and his relatives. The parties …

RUTU MIHIR PANCHAL & ORS.versusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2025 INSC 593Disposed off

The petitioners challenged the constitutionality of sections 34(1), 47(1)(a)(i) and 58(1)(a)(i) of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, which base the pecuniary jurisdiction of district, state and national consumer commissions on the value of consideration paid rather than the compensation claimed. …

CENTRAL BANK OF INDIAversusC. L. VIMLA & ORS.

2015 INSC 363Appeal(s) allowed

The Central Bank of India had mortgaged a residential property to recover a loan taken by the borrowers and obtained a settlement award from a Lok Adalat, which was signed by the borrowers and one of the guarantor's sons but not by the guarantor herself, C.L. Vimla. Vimla filed multiple writ …

MADHYA PRADESH STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITYversusPRATEEK JAIN & ANR.

2014 INSC 621Disposed off

The dispute arose under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act between Prateek Jain (complainant) and Rakesh Kumar Jain (accused). While a criminal appeal was pending, the parties settled and filed a joint application under Section 147 seeking compounding and requested that the matter be …

SALEM ADVOCATE BAR ASSOCIATION, TAMIL NADUversusUNION OF INDIA

2005 INSC 324Case Partly allowed

The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity and practical effect of numerous amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) made by the 1999 and 2002 Amendment Acts. It held that the requirement of filing an affidavit under Section 26(2) and Order VI Rule 15(4) imposes additional …

SALEM ADVOCATE BAR ASSOCIATION, TAMIL NADUversusUNION OF INDIA

2002 INSC 444Directions issued

The Salem Advocate Bar Association filed writ petitions under Article 32 challenging the 1999 and 2002 amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. While the Constitutionality of the amendments was not contested, the petitioner sought clarification on their practical implementation. The Court …