Supreme Court of India

Prabhakar Raghunath Patil and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2010] 13 S.C.R. 586
Bench Dr. Mukundakam Sharma and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 11 November 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that a deduction of 60 per cent (approximate) from the said valuation of the cost of construction in 1991 would be appropriate, and accordingly arrive at a compensation of Rs. 1700 per square meter for the structure.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Land acquisition Act, 1894: Compensation - Increase in valuation of open space - Held: When a large tract of land is acquired and the valuation thereof is sought to be determined on the basis of sale instances relating to small portion of land, deduction of 33% 0 from the value of such small tract of land is the general trend - High Court held that reference court was justified in awarding compensation @ Rs. 2251- sq meter for open space - While coming to the said conclusion, High Court corisidered the sale related to a small plot of land as compared to the acquired land and made deduction

Where later benches applied it

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