Supreme Court of India

Ramesh Chandra Sharma & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 422
Bench Krishna Murari and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 20 February 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussions, the impugned judgment passed by the Full Bench of the High Court is not liable to be sust ained and stands set aside.

Judgment, page 49

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894– U.P. Land Acquisition (determination of compensation and declaration of a ward by agreement) Rules, 1997 – Payment of compensation – Classi fication of landholders as Pushtaini or Gair-Pushtaini – Impermissibility of – Held: Classification made by the GNOIDA authority for the purposes of awarding differential compensation is bad in law – Land Acquisition Act does not distinguish between classes of owners , and uniformly provides compensation to all class of lan downers – Classification made between Pushtaini landowners and Gair-pushtaini landowners is violative of

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