Supreme Court sets aside Lok Adalat award in land acquisition dispute

The case concerns a dispute over land acquisition for mining operations, where the appellants challenged Lok Adalat awards that they claimed were passed without their consent or proper adjudication of title disputes.

Appellants: Singapogu Babu Rao & Ors.; Respondents: Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) & Ors. (including Singareni Colleries Company Ltd.); Bench: Justice J.B. Pardiwala.

• The Court set aside the Lok Adalat Awards (Nos. 452, 454, 455, 657, 658, 659, 661, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 679, 680, 685 of 2016).
• The Court held that the procedure adopted by the High Court in referring the dispute to the Lok Adalat was incorrect.
• The Court determined that Order I Rule 8 of the CPC (representative proceedings) could not be applied to the Lok Adalat proceedings in this context.
• The Court noted that the awards were passed without the consent of all parties and without proper adjudication of title disputes among rival claimants.

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