Supreme Court of India

Dadu Yogendrenath Singh & Ors. v. The Collector, Seoni

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Reported as [1977] 2 S.C.R. 757
Bench H. R. Khanna, R. S. Sarkaria and Jaswant Singh JJ.
Decided 25 January 1977

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we allow the appeal with proportionate costs and modify the decree of the High Court to the extent indicated above.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

The Land Acquisiton Act, 1894, S. 23(1)--Considerations for determination of compensation, scope of. Responding to a notice under s. !I of the Land Acquisiton Act, 1894, the appellants filed a claim for Rs. 1500/- per acre at which .rate the adjoining lands were sold. The Collector awarded compensation at the rate of Rs. 450/- per acre. At the instance of the appellants under s. 18 of the Act, the matter was referred to the District Judge who enhanc_ed the compensation to Rs. 11,000/­ per acre. An appeal by the Collector was allowed by the High Court on the ground that the District Judge had

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