Lok Adalats should desist from temptation of finding fault with any particular litigant
Lok Adalats should also desist from the temptation of finding fault with any particular litigant, or making a record of the conduct of any litigant during the negotiations, in their failure report submitted to the court, lest it should prejudice the mind of the court while hearing the case. For instance, the observation in the failure report dated 3.4.2008 of the Lok Adalat in this case (extracted in para 3 above) that there is no chance of settlement on account of the "nature of demands made by the appellants", implied that such demands by the appellant were unreasonable. This apparently affected the mind of the 10
learned Single Judge who assumed that the appellants were cantankerous, when the second appeal and application for restoration came up for hearing before the court.
Supreme Court of India
B.P.Moideen Sevamandir & Anr. vs A.M.Kutty Hassan on 12 December, 2008
Bench: R.V. Raveendran, D.K. Jain
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
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