LAWS(SC)-2019-4-102

DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. NALWA SONS INVESTMENT LTD.

Decided On April 24, 2019
DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Appellant
V/S
Nalwa Sons Investment Ltd. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The seminal question involved in the present appeal is:

(3.) Briefly stated, in an auction conducted by the appellant, respondent No.1 (former name Jindal Strips Limited) was allotted a commercial plot in Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi, on 23rd March, 1993. Possession of the plot was handed over to respondent No.1 on 6th September, 1993 and a Perpetual Lease Deed dated 28th September, 1993, was executed by the appellant in favour of respondent No.1. It is apposite to reproduce stipulation 6(a) of the said Lease Deed, which reads thus: