Supreme Court of India

Mallappa Dead by L.rs. & Ors. v. The Special Land Acquisition Officer & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 470
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 3 December 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, the appeal succeeds and is accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966: s. 28(1) – Acquisition of land for public purpose – While ap preciating the sale deeds produced by land owners by way of exempl ars, the Special Deputy Commissioner determined the market r ate of the land in question at Rs.500/- per Gunta whereas the Referenc e Court fixed the compensation @ Rs.21,000/- per Gunta – Hi gh Court, however, reduced it to Rs.10,250/- per Gunta – App eal by landowners – Held: High Court was not justified in r educing the rate determined by the reference Court There was enough ev idence to prove the potentiality of

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