P&H: No Court can compel party to settle a dispute
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a revision petition by two judgment-debtors who sought a direction requiring the Punjab Waqf Board to settle a dispute with them during execution of a possession decree. Justice Vikas Suri held that the petitioners had shown no legal basis for such a direction or for delaying execution.
The dispute arose from land leased by the Waqf Board in 1988. After the lease expired, the occupants did not renew it and continued to occupy the property. The Board obtained a possession decree in 2013, which was upheld on appeal in 2016 and later...
