Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Premlata and Others

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Reported as [2022] 2 S.C.R. 1001
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 6 April 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, Civil Appeal Nos. 176-177 of 2022 are hereby partly allowed.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Comparable sales – s.4 notification issued to acquire 45 hectares 89 R lan d – Land Acquisition Officer awarded an amount of Rs.1,13,500/- per Hect are in respect of land bearing survey No. 43/2 and Rs.1, 35,000/- per Hectare for the land bearing survey Nos. 40, 41 and 44 – Refe rence court enhanced the compensation at Rs. 6/- per squar e foot, after making deduction of 25% towards developmentcharges – High Court, kept compensation at the same rate but subje ct to 1/3 rd deduction instead of 25% deduction towards development charges – On appeal, held: Before

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