Supreme Court of India

Punjab Urban Planning & Dev. Authority & Ors. v. Raghu Nath Gupta & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 8 S.C.R. 118
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Madan B. Lokur JJ.
Decided 16 August 2012
Status Distinguished

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court was not justified in holding that the respondents are not liable to pay the interest, penal interest and penalty for the period commencing from 1.6.2001 to 31.12.2002 for the belated payment of installments.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

URBAN DEVELOPMENT: c Allotment of commercial plots in auction by Urban Development Authority - On 'as is where is' basis - Allottee accepting the same - Allottee taking the instalment facility for payment of the cost of the site - Allotment letter stipulating for interest, penal interest and penalty for delayed payment 0 of instalment - Writ petition by allottee seeking direction to the Authority not to charge interest on the instalments till the basic amenities were provided on the site - Writ allowed by High Court - On appeal, held: The allottee having accepted the allotment on 'as is where

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 not applicable

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