Supreme Court of India
Major Pakhar Singh Atwal and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the market value determined by the Tribunal is based on appreciation of evidence and it has taken settled legal priciples into consideration to determine compensation.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894-Sections 4(1) & 18--Punjab Town Im provement Act, 1922-Acquisition of land for eXpansion of municipal town-Award made by Collector binds Improvement Tmst-Claim for en hanced compensation-claimant to establish that amount awarded by Land Acquisition Officer is inadequate-Mutation entries-Inadmissible evidence- Sale instances referred to in award of Land Acquisition Officer-Not proved- They can neither be relied on nor can be looked into as evidence-Award of Tribunal not made part of evidence before cpurt-Court not to look into that __... award. Constitution of
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