Supreme Court of India

Ramesh Kumar V. Bhatinda Integrated Cooperative Cotton Spinning Mill and Ors. v. Bhatinda Integrated Cooperative Cotton Spinning Mill and Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 7 S.C.R. 787
Bench M. R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 13 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that, in the facts and circumstances of the case the annual i ncrease/ escalation ought to have been at the rate of 10% maximum . Even otherwise, it is required to be noted that State of Punjab suffered due to militancy from 1979 onwards till 1992 and because of that the prices would have crashed.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss. 4 and 23 – Compensation – Enhancement of – Notification u/s.4 was issued on 06.06.1988 and the land in question was acquired for public pu rposes for establishing Cotton Spinning and Ginning Mills – Th e Land Acqusition Officer awarded compensation considering the val ue of the land at the rate of Rs.25,000/- per acre – The Refe rence Court relying upon the sale deed dated 24.05.1979 as Ex. AW6/ by which the land admeasuring 43 kanals 13 marlas out of the acquired at the rate of Rs.50,000/- per acre and thereafter granted the increase of 12% per acre and

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