Supreme Court of India

Ravinder Narain and Anr. v. Union of India

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Reported as [2003] 2 S.C.R. 424
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 28 February 2003

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Land Acquisition Act, 1894-Sections 23, 24 and 25-Acquisition of · Land-Compensation-Criteria for valuation of land-Held, where large area is subject matter of acquisition, rates at which small plots are sold cannot be said to be a safe criteria-The value of the potentiality of the land is to be determined on such materials as are available and not under imagination­ Principle of fixation of market value with reference to comparable sale is that when sale is within reasonable time of the date of notification, it should be bonafide transaction, value should be of land acquired or of the

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