Supreme Court of India
Anjani Molu Dessai v. State of Goa & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the averaging of the prices under the two Sale Deeds was not justified.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1897: ss. 23, 23-(1- ), 23(5) and 28 - Acquisition of land - c Compensation - Comparable sale transactions - Averaging · method - Explained - Held: Legal position is that even where · there are several exemplars with reference to similar lands, usually the highest of the exemplars, which is a bona fide transaction, will be considered - Where, however, there are . 0 several sales of similar lands whose prices range in a narrow bandwidth, the average thereof can be taken, as representing the market price - But where the values disclosed in respect of two sales are markedly
Where later benches applied it
- 2012 Mehrawal Khewaji Trust (rego.), Faridkot & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Ors.
- 2011 Special Land Acquisition Officer and Anr. v. M.K. Rafiq Saheb
- 2025 Manohar and Others v. The State of Maharashtra & Others
- 2021 Ramesh Kumar V. Bhatinda Integrated Cooperative Cotton Spinning Mill and Ors. v. Bhatinda Integrated Cooperative Cotton Spinning Mill and Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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