#Legal Services Authority Act 1987

Allahabad High Court rules that Permanent Lok Adalat must conduct mandatory conciliation under Section 22-C of Legal Services Authority Act before passing orders, setting aside insufficiently reasoned order.

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that Permanent Lok Adalats cannot pass orders without first conducting a genuine conciliation process as mandated by Section 22-C of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. This clarifies that a mere procedural mention of conciliation is insufficient - the process must be meaningfully undertaken to ensure fair dispute resolution, directly impacting litigants and legal practitioners relying on Lok Adalat mechanisms.