Construction Work Done For Consideration That Benefits Another Party Should Be Compensated: NCDRC
Live LawThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, presided by Subhash Chandra and Sadhna Shanker, in an appeal against Unique Construction, held that if a party carries out additional construction not intended to be free of charge, and the other party benefits from it, the former is entitled to compensation. Despite receiving the entire consideration, the builder failed to execute the Agreement for Sale for the car parking space. Consequently, the complainant filed a complaint before the State Commission seeking a directive to register the Deed of Conveyance for the property and to order the builder to allot and deliver possession of the car parking space along with ₹5,00,000/- in compensation for harassment and mental agony, and litigation costs. The prayer in the amended complaint before the State Commission requested the builder to allot and deliver possession of the car parking space as per the sanctioned plan or to refund Rs. Observations by the Commission The Commission observed that the state commission's order had held that the complainant claimed a car parking space and had paid Rs.