Supreme Court of India

Shri Ambya Kalya Mhatre (d) through Legal Heirs & Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2011] 15 S.C.R. 1
Bench R.V. Raveendran, H.L. Gokhale and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.
Decided 12 September 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that once the reference is made in regard to amount of compensation, the Reference D Court will have complete jurisdiction to decide the compensation for the land, buildings and trees and other appurtenances.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - ss. 18 and 23 - Lands belonging to appellants acquired for New Bombay project - Reference to civil Court uls. 18 - Right of the landowner to amend the amount claimed in the reference application and seek higher compensation - Limitation period for such amendment - Held: As the Land Acquisition Act does not o require the person aggrieved/landowner to specify the amount of compensation sought, when objecting to the amount of compensation and seeking a reference, mentioning of the amount of compensation sought is optional - Since there -is no obligation to specify

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