Supreme Court of India

The Kerala State Electricity Board v. Livisha Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 356

Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.

Decided 18 May 2007

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the rate of interest to be applied in the present case is 5%. We hasten to add that we should not be --,. understood as having laid down 5% as the real rate of interest for subsequent period.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Telegraph Act, 1885-ss. JO, 11, 12 and 16-Compensation-For cutting of trees for drawal of Electric Line-Determination of-Held : In order to determine the compensation, purpose and object of the statute and the methodology laid down therein for the purpose thereof should be the guiding/actor-There cannot be a fixed formula/or that and it would depend on facts of each case-Electricity Act, 1910-s.5/. Trees had been cut and removed for drawal of 110 K. V. Electric Line. _The Board/Land Acquisition Officer determined the amount of compensation. Reference Court determined the amount of

Authorities it was built on

2002 Airports Authority of India v. Satyagopal Roy and Ors. cited by 8
2007 Land Acquisition Officer, A.P. v. Kamandana Ramakrishna Rao and Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2025 Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd. (now Known as Kalpataru Projects International Ltd.) v. Vinod and Ors. Etc. referred to
2017 Nelatur Sampoornamma W/o Srinivasulureddy v. Special Deputy Collector, L.A., Telugu Ganga Project, Podalakur at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh referred to
2017 K. Subbarayudu and Others v. The Special Deputy Collector (land Acquisition) mentioned
2009 Navanath & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra mentioned
2008 Kerala State Electricity Board v. C.P. Sivasankara Menon mentioned
2008 The Kerala State Electricity Board v. Chinamma Antony mentioned
2008 The Kerala State Electricity Board v. B. Sreekumari mentioned

Of those, 2 referred to · 5 mentioned

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