Supreme Court of India

Bernard Francis Joseph Vaz and Others v. Government of Karnataka and Others

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Reported as [2025] 1 S.C.R. 190
Bench B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 1 January 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that a better course will be to compensate the landowners, that is, the writ petitioners appropriately for what they have been deprived of.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The Lands of appellants herein were acquired and they were deprived of their property without paying any compensation for twenty-two years. For payment of compensation, the appellants pleaded to shift the date for considering the market value of land as on the date of the award and not as on the date of the Preliminary Notification. Whether this Court should direct shifting of the date for determination of the market value of the land in question of the appellants. Headnotes† Constitution of India – Art.300- – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Karnataka Industrial Areas

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