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| Lok Adalats may be organized by any State Authority, District Authority, Supreme Court Legal Services Committee, High Court Legal Services Committee, or, where applicable, Taluk Legal Services Committee at such intervals and locations as it deems appropriate. When the parties to the case agree to do so or one of the parties requests that the case be referred to Lok Adalat, the case may be referred. The Parliament has made certain amendments in Legal Services Authorities Act by the Legal Services Authorities (Amendments) Act, 2002. With this amendment, a number of changes introduced in the Legal Services Act, 1987, most notably the creation of ‘Permanent Lok Adalats’ to resolve disputes concerning public utility services at pre-litigation state. |
| What is the meaning of ‘Public utility service’? |
Transport service for the carriage of passengers of goods by air, road or water
Postal, telegraph or telephone service
Supply of power, light or water to the public by any establishment
All of these |
| All of these |
| "Public utility service" means any- 1) Transport service for the carriage of passengers of goods by air, road or water; or 2) Postal, telegraph or telephone service; or 3) Supply of power, light or water to the public by any establishment; or 4) System of public conservancy or sanitations; or 5) Service in hospital or dispensary; or 6) Insurance service |
