Haryana Urban Development Authority vs Krishna Goel

The Supreme Court held that interest cannot be uniformly granted at 18% per annum in consumer cases, emphasizing that compensation must correlate with actual loss or injury as established in Ghaziabad Development Authority vs. Balbir Singh (2004) 5 SCC 65. The Court set aside the National Commission's order increasing interest to 18%, determining that a rate of 12% per annum was appropriate given the circumstances. The Court upheld the District Forum's directive for compensation for mental agony, reducing it to Rs. 2,000, and ordered the Appellants to pay costs of Rs. 1,000, while granting the Respondent the right to take possession of the plot.