Supreme Court of India
The Executive Engineer, M.I.W. v. Vitthal Damodar Patil and Anr
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Resultantly, the High Court was obliged to consider all these as pects and not mechanically accept the valuation report relied upon by the respondents merely because another valuation report of the same witness commended to this Court, thereby disregarding the tangible material and evidence on record in this case which reinforces that the valuation by the Reference Court is proper.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss. 4, 18 – Land belonging to the respondents was acquired for public purpose – S pecial Land Acquisition Officer passed an award fixing the price a t the rate of Rs.59,800/- per hectare for Jirayat land and Rs.1,500/- per hectare for pot Kharab land – Possession of the acquired la nd taken – Respondents, preferred reference u/s.18 of the Act – Decided – Dissatisfied, respondents appealed before the High Cou rt – Partly allowed, compensation enhanced – On appeal, held: N either the Reference Court nor the High Court analysed the eviden ce of the witness examined
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