IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 (ARISING OUT OF SLP (CRIMINAL) NO. 8875 OF 2024)
LANDMARK APARTMENTS PVT. LTD. & ORS.
APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
SHAKUNTLA & ANR. RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. Heard Mr. Narender Hooda, learned senior counsel appearing for
the appellants. Also heard Mr. Abhijeet Singh, learned counsel
appearing for respondent No. 2. The informant (respondent No. 1)
despite service of notice has not participated in the present
proceedings.
3. Notice in this case was issued on 15.07.2024 with the
following order:
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2. The counsel submits that when the contesting parties i.e., the petitioner(s) and the first respondent have compromised the matter amongst them and the requisite amount is already remitted by the Builder to the first respondent and the Court has accepted the said compromise, there should have been no further direction to burden the petitioner(s) with cost.
3. Reading paragraph 10 of the impugned judgment, Mr. Hooda submits that no reason whatsoever was recorded by the High Court to justify the imposition of Rs.2.5 lakhs cost on each of the four petitioners.
4. Issue notice, returnable in four weeks.
5. In the meantime, operation of the impugned order insofar as the cost ordered against the petitioners is concerned, shall remain stayed.”
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4. The Settlement Agreement dated 04.01.2022 (Annexure P/2) is
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