Compensation being the just equivalent of the value of the plaintiffs

Badri Narain Prasad Chaoudhary and others v. Nil Ratan Sarkar (AIR 1978 Supreme Court 845 (Patna). Relevant portion from the said judgment is as under: “…the defendant is the smaller co-sharer and he is using the property as a shop-cum-residence. Equity requires that he should be given a preferential right to retain the whole of the suit property on payment of compensation being the just equivalent of the value of the plaintiffs‟ share to them.”


Lahore High Court
Civil Revision No.525/2009