Judicial relief may include interest where money has remained with an authority

The allottee had paid the original amount for the plot. BIADA had retained the money during the period of the dispute. The final order required refund of the original amount. Interest was fixed at seven per cent per annum. Where the principal had already been returned, the interest balance remained payable. The authority was given three months to pay that balance. The direction made the monetary remedy specific and enforceable. It addressed the period during which the money remained with BIADA. Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority & Ors. v. M/s Scope Sales Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. | 2026 INSC 89