NAFIS AHMAD vs NARAIN SINGH .

The Supreme Court held that the respondents willfully disobeyed the decree dated 10.12.2007 in Civil Appeal No.8572 of 2003, which recognized the petitioners' ownership of the disputed property. The Court emphasized that the compromise petition under Order 23 Rule 3 CPC was binding, and the respondents had no right to alter the records contrary to the decree. The Court ordered the respondents to comply with the decree and restore the petitioners' name in the land records, thereby upholding the petitioners' ownership rights.