Supreme Court of India

Bhule Ram v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2014] 4 S.C.R. 247
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and J. Chelameswar JJ.
Decided 28 March 2014

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the rate of land in village Jasola, Badarpur and Tughlakabad cannot be compared to assess the rate of land in village Aali and Ex.P7, 8, 9 and 10 are not relevant.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1894: s. 23 - Acquisition of large tract of land - Compensation c - Belting method - Held: Market value of land acquired is to be assessed keeping in mind the limitation prescribed u/s 23, which mandates that the market value of the land is to be assessed at the time of notification uls 4 -- Therefore, value which has to be assessed is the value to the owner who parts 0 with his property and not the value to the new owner who takes it over -- Fair and reasonable compensation means the price of a willing buyer which is to be paid to the willing seller - Where huge tract

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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