Chapter VI — LOKADALATS

Section 22ADefinitions

Section 22A: Definitions

22A. Definitions

In this Chapter and for the purposes of sections 22 and 23, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a)

"Permanent Lok Adalat" means a Permanent Lok Adalat established under sub-section (1) of section 22B;

(b)

"public utility service" means any—

(i)

transport service for the carriage of passengers or goods by air, road or water; or

(ii)

postal, telegraph or telephone service; or

(iii)

supply of power, light or water to the public by any establishment; or

(iv)

system of public conservancy or sanitation; or

(v)

service in hospital or dispensary; or

(vi)

insurance service, and includes any service which the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, in the public interest, by notification, declare to be a public utility service for the purposes of this Chapter.

Amendment notes (1)
  1. Ins w.e.f. 11-6-2002 . Ins. by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 11-6-2002).