Haryana Urban Development Authority & ... vs Satish Kumar

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the State Forum, which directed the Haryana Urban Development Authority to deliver an alternate plot at the original price and pay interest at 15% per annum after two years from the date of deposit. The Court reiterated that interest cannot be uniformly set at 18% in all cases and emphasized that compensation for mental agony must correlate with actual loss or injury, as established in Ghaziabad Development Authority vs. Balbir Singh (2004) 5 SCC 65. The appeal was dismissed with no order as to costs, and the Court clarified that this order should not serve as a precedent in other matters.