Supreme Court of India

Khatoon & Ors. v. The State of U.P. through Principal Secretary & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 10 S.C.R. 375
Bench R. K. Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 15 February 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that these are not the cases where t his Court should interfere under Article 136 of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4,6 and 17 – State acquire d hundreds of hectares of land situated in several villages – Aggrieved, some landowners filed writ petitions – Lead judgmen t passed by High Court in writ petition entitled Gajraj & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Ors. – High Court though upheld the acquisition but di rected the State to pay enhanced provisional additional compensation to writ petitioners at the rate of 64.70% for their acquired land and also to allot each writ petitioner one developed abadi plot to the extent of 10% of their acquired land – Same was upheld by the Su preme

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