New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a real estate firm to refund over Rs 43 lakh to a plot buyer with 18 per cent interest.

The top court enhanced the compensation originally ordered by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), which had fixed the rate at 9 percent on more than Rs 43 lakh to be paid by M/s Business Park Town Planners Ltd.

A bench comprising justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih partly allowed the appeal of one Rajnish Sharma against the firm.

He alleged undue delay, unfair charges, and harassment over a plot booking made in 2006.

“Keeping in mind the overall conduct of the respondent: the delay caused by it in offering the plot, the fact that the respondent charged the appellant delay compensation @ 18% p.a. on the due am

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