Supreme Court of India

Vinod Kumar & Ors. v. District Magistrate Mau & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 10 S.C.R. 387
Bench B. R. Gavai and J. B. Pardiwala JJ.
Decided 7 July 2023

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the District Magistrate, Mau has no power or jurisdiction in regard to the apportionment of the amount.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

National Highways Authority Act, 1956: s. 3H – Deposit and payment of amount – Compulsory acquisition – Apportionme nt of compensation – Land of the appellants acquired for public pur pose – Determination of the compensation payable to landowners by t he Special Land Acquisition Officer-SLAO – Dispute by respondents regarding the apportionment of the compensation bet ween themselves and the appellants – Competent authority , SLAO determined the shares of parties in the subject lan d and the appellants were satisfied with the same – However, the r espondents challenged the same before the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

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