Supreme Court of India
Union of India & Anr. v. Tarsem Singh & Ors.
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In view of the foregoing analysis, we find no merit in the contentions raised by the Applicant, NHAI. We reaffirm the principles established in Tarsem Singh (supra) regarding the beneficial nature of granting ‘solatium’ and ‘interest’ while emphasising the need to avoid creating unjust classifications lacking intelligible differentia.
Judgment, page 11
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Issue for Consideration Whether the judgment in Union of India v. Tarsem Singh & Ors. is applicable prospectively or extends retrospectively. Headnotes† Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – National Highways Act, 1956 – Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 – The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) seeks clarification regarding the judgment titled Union of India & Anr. v. Tarsem Singh & Ors to the extent that the aforementioned judgment is to be applied prospectively, thereby precluding the reopening of cases where land
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