Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Nihar Kanta Sen & Ors.

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Reported as [1987] 2 S.C.R. 1108
Bench O. Chinnappa Reddy and K.N. Singh JJ.
Decided 21 April 1987

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the claimants are entitled to interest on the amount of compensation pay· able to them a.t the rate of 6 per cent per annum, from the date of F taking over possession 1.10.194.2 till the date of payment.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Requisition and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952- Land requisitioned in 1942-Land consisted of cultivated area and forests-Mooram and other deposits including coloured clay-Clai­ mants entitlement to terminal and recurring compensation-Determi- nation of. West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act 1953-Sections 4 to 6- lntermediary-Who is-Land under requisition-Claimant as Inter­ mediaries-Whether entitled to retain the land. During the Second World War the property in dispute was requisitioned by the Collector for the purpose of construction of a milit­ ary aerodrome. As there was

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