Supreme Court of India

Faridabad Gas Power Project, Ntpc Ltd. Etc. v. Om Prakash & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2009] 1 S.C.R. 912
Bench R.V. Raveendran and Lokeshwar Singh Panta JJ.
Decided 5 February 2009

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LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1894: c s.4(1) and 23 - Acquisition of agricultural lands - Compensation - Factors for consideration - Compensation awarded to similarly situated nearby lands - Permissible deduction - Escalation in market value - HELD: Reference court should have deducted 20% from value of adjacent land to determine market value of lands in question, keeping in view its comparable lesser potential, and allowed 7. 5% cumulative increase towards escalation of price - As regards ·-the small piece of land which was surrounded by commercial establishments, the market value fixed by reference

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