DEVI PRASAD vs VISHWA NATH PRASAD .

The Supreme Court held that under Order 23 Rule 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, a compromise cannot be imposed on an unwilling party, and if one party alleges forgery of their signature, the court must investigate this claim before accepting the compromise. The court found that the lower court failed to conduct such an inquiry, thus rendering its order unsustainable. Consequently, the impugned judgment was set aside, and the matter was remanded for proper examination of the allegations of fraud and forgery.