Published on : 10 Oct 2025, 12:13 pm 3 min read

The Delhi High Court recently warned against a "new strategy" resorted to by some litigants whereby they pose as property owners and accuse builders of carrying out illegal construction, in an apparent bid to arm-twist such builders into giving undue favors [ Shri Balbir Singh Vs Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Ors. ]

Terming it an arm-twisting strategy, Justice Mini Pushkarna on October 6 imposed costs of ₹50,000 on one such litigant.

“ The present writ petition is clearly an attempt by the present petitioner to arm twist the builder of the property in question for undesirable and dishonest considerations. The Court has to deal with such people strictly who try to use the process of the Court for dishonest considerations,"

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