Award of Lok Adalat

Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987—Section 21—Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881—Section 138—decree—Act of 1987 does not make out any such distinction between reference made by civil Court and criminal Court—There is no restriction on power of Lok Adalat to pass award based on compromise arrived at between parties in a case referred by criminal Court under Section 138 of N.I. Act—By virtue of deeming provision it has to be treated as a decree capable of execution by a civil Court—execution petition restored.