Lok Adalat decree cannot be set aside by civil court.
Filing a writ is the only remedy.
Karnataka High Court has held that a Lok Adalat award cannot be challenged through a recall application before the Civil Court, clarifying that the only remedy available against such an award is to approach the High Court under Articles 226 and/or 227 of the Constitution of India.
The Court ruled that the principle applicable to recall of Civil Court compromise decrees under Order XXIII Rule 3 CPC cannot be extended to Lok Adalat awards.
Sannamma v. Mohammad Shariff alias Ahmed Shariff
(Neutral Citation: 2026:KHC:29269)