Jammu Tawi, Feb. 4 -- In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas filed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) seeking clarification that the Court's 2019 ruling in Union of India v Tarsem Singh on grant of solatium and interest to aggrieved landowners should apply prospectively.



A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan stated that granting such clarification would defeat the very relief intended by Tarsem Singh. The bench emphasized that modifying the ruling would undermine the doctrine of finality in judicial decisions and delay justice for landowners.



"The ultimate outcome of Tarsem Singh relates to granting solatium and interest to aggrieved landowners whose lands ...