Supreme Court of India

Madan & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2013] 12 S.C.R. 761
Bench P. Sathasivam, Ranjana Prakash Desai and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.
Decided 6 December 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court had erred in allowing the appeal filed by the State and reversing the order dated 29.10.1993 passed by the Second Additional District Judge, Beed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 18 - Reference - Limitation - Expression, "the date of - award" - Connotation of - Held: The expression "the date of the award" used in proviso (b) to s. 18(2) must be understood to mean the date when the award is either communicated to c the party or is known by him either actually or constructively - In the instant case, it is for t/1e first time on the date of order u/s 30 that the appellants came to know that they were entitled to compensation and the quantum thereof - Reference u/s 18 was made within 6 weeks from the said date - Therefore, . the view taken

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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