Supreme Court of India

Sajan v. State of Maharashtra and Others

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Reported as [2020] 4 S.C.R. 930
Bench R. Banumathi and A. S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 17 March 2020

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the impugned judgment and final order dated 21.08.2017 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay Bench at Aurangabad in First Appeal No.601 of 1997 along with Cross Objection St.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Land Acquisition: Acquisition of land – Comprising of cultivable as w ell as non-agricultural land used for running sugar mill – Determ ination of compensation – Reference court enhanced the comp ensation amount treating the entire land as land meant for non-agricult ural use and deducting 10% towards development costs – Hi gh Court in appeal reduced the compensation amount deducting 40% towards development costs – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: The value arrived at by Reference Court is fair and reas onable – Rule of one-third deduction towards development is genera l rule – But deduction

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