However, by approaching the court of appropriate jurisdiction, litigation can be initiated by any party in the suit if any of them are dissatisfied with the decision of the Lok Adalat (in the absence of any provision for appeal against such award).
[4] Andhra Pradesh Lok Adalat is a statutory and autonomous body formed under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 and is designed to provide constitutional protection guaranteed under Article 14 and 39-A of the Constitution of India, of “ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR ALL”.
Andhra Pradesh Lok Adalat is formed with objective and purpose of ensuring and providing visible, practical and positive initiatives ensuring equality and non bias decisions as laid down in Constitution of India and assumes significance due to illiteracy and poverty prevalent in India.
As the members are presiding Lok Adalat as statutory conciliators and not in judicial capacity they can only persuade the parties to come to a settlement.
Andhra Pradesh Lok Adalat, as per Supreme Court judgement, is formed to arrive at a compromise or solution between parties in dispute and hence does not have jurisdiction to go into merits of complaint.
Andhra Pradesh Lok Adalat had conducted e-National Lok Adalat on July 10, under the guidance of Justice Arup Kumar Goswami, Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief, for resolving pending as well as pre-litigation cases in 13 districts.