Advocate Cannot Compromise Without Client's Authorisation; Supreme Court Explains Law on Compromise Decree: Supreme Court

In an important judgment concerning compromise decrees, the Supreme Court held that an advocate cannot enter into a settlement or compromise on behalf of a client unless there is clear and express authorisation from the client. The ruling came in the case of Krishna Kumar Ojha & Ors. VERSUS Jitendra Chaudhary & Ors., arising from a long-pending ancestral property partition dispute. Origin of the Dispute The dispute originated from a…