Courts Cannot Award Compensation Without a Specific Plea; Order in Property Encroachment Dispute Set Aside: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment in a long-running property dispute, holding that courts cannot force a litigant to accept monetary compensation when such relief was never sought in the case. The decision came in the matter of Rajat Kumar and Others v. S.D. Adarsh Jain Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Sadhaura and Others, where the Court set aside a judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and ordered fresh…
