AP High Court: Judgment debtors who signed a Lok Adalat award cannot reopen its pecuniary jurisdiction at the execution stage
The question: Can a party who took part in Permanent Lok Adalat proceedings and signed the award later object to its pecuniary jurisdiction in execution?
Judgment debtors opposed execution of a 2010 Permanent Lok Adalat award of Rs 50 lakh, arguing that the Lok Adalat had no power to pass an award above Rs 10 lakh, so it was a nullity that could be challenged in execution. The trial court refused to dismiss the execution petition at that stage. The High Court upheld that order.