Supreme Court of India

Mohinder Singh & Ors. v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2014] 8 S.C.R. 369
Bench T.S. Thakur, C. Nagappan and Adarsh Kumar Goel JJ.
Decided 5 August 2014

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Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - Land acquired under - Award 8 of compensation - Reasonable deduction from market value of the land, towards development charges - Ascertainment of - Reference Court deducted 1/41h of the market value - High Court deducted 40% of the market value -Held: If the acquired land is already in the midst of already developed land, deduction of 40% would not be justified - In the present case, the acquired land was already within developed municipal limits, hence the cut of 40% is not justified - Deduction of 1141h of market .value made by Reference Court is appropriate.

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