Supreme Court of India

K.S. Rajan (d) through Lrs v. The State of Kerala & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 9 S.C.R. 1064
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 10 August 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, the appeals succeed and are hereby allowed in part.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Land Acquisition: Acquisition of land – Compensation for ‘Dry’ land, a nd for ‘Chira’ land and for ‘Wet’ land – Determination of – Held: In view of nature of ‘Wet’ land, its surroundings and location and similari ty with the land owned by other landowners to whom comp ensation was awarded @ Rs. 2000/- per cent, the appellant-landown ers are entitled to compensation for ‘Wet’ land @ Rs. 2000/- per cent in place of Rs. 500/- – The rates of ‘Dry’ and ‘Chira’ lands do not call for any interference – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss. 4,6, 11 and 18. Partly allowing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1.

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