Supreme Court of India

Sonapur Tea Company Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. State of Assam and Anr.

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Reported as [1994] 2 S.C.R. 303
Bench K. Ramaswamy J.
Decided 3 March 1994

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow this appeal, set aside the award of the Arbitrator and the judgment of the High Court and remit the case to Government of Assam requiring it to appoint an Arbitrator and place the H case before him for determining afresh the amount of compensation pay- • • ! ...,.. ' SONAPUR TEA CO. v.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Ac4 1.952-.Sec- lion 8(2 )(a )-"Recurring payment''-Meaning of-Held, it is the annual rental it could have fetched, not the annual income lost-Increase or decrease of net annual income, maricet value of requisitioned property relevant fac- c tors-Requisitioning of tea estate-Section 25-Defence of India Ac4 1962- Tea Act 1953. Sections 8(2)(b)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv}-Components of compensa- tiolt-l'ecunialy loss because of suddenly giving up possession of requisi- tioned propetty, held, to be compensated-Claims for expenses on vacation and

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