Code of Civil Procedure, 1908–Order 23, Rule 3–Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987–Consent decree passed by the Lok Adalat–Set aside by the High Court–Justification–Both the parties requested before the trial Court for passing the consent decree–Merely because the trial Court referred the matter to Lok Adalat, it cannot be a ground to doubt the genuineness of the consent decree–It cannot be said that there was a fraud committed and/or the counsel on behalf of the plaintiff to mislead the Court to refer the matter to the Lok Adalat–Further, the Lok Adalat was presided over by the very same learned Trial Court Judge–Held, High Court committed a grave error in setting aside the consent decree.
