Environment & Ecology·Environmental Cases
Legal Services Authorities — Environmental Cases
Updated 19 Oct 2026
Environmental Cases
Bar Council of India v. Union of India, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 666 of 2002, [2012] 6 SCR 1094 (3 August 2012)
2012The Supreme Court rejected the constitutional challenge to Chapter VI-A of the Legal Services Authorities Act. The limited Permanent Lok Adalat mechanism can combine conciliation…
Canara Bank v. G. S. Jayarama, Civil Appeal No. 3872 of 2022 (19 May 2022)
2022The Court corrected the view that a Permanent Lok Adalat lacks adjudicatory power, but upheld the setting aside of the particular award because mandatory conciliation had not been…
Dilip Mehta v. Rakesh Gupta and Others, Civil Appeal arising from SLP (Civil) No. 27806 of 2023 (18 November 2025)
2025The Supreme Court held that the appellant’s writ challenge to the Lok Adalat decree was maintainable and that the High Court should not reject it because objections had also been…