Supreme Court of India

Chaturbhuja Modi and Ors. v. State of Orissa and Anr.

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Bench Dr. Mukundakam Sharma and Anil R. Dave JJ.
Decided 11 August 2010

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Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Acquisition of large tract of land - Compensation - Determination of market value - Comparable sale - Criteria for relying on sale deeds - Held: Sale deed by which a very small piece of land was sold cannot be made the basis for determining the market value of the acquired land - Sale deed which was proximate to the date of s.4 notification and a/so in geographical proximity to the acquired land can be made the basis - Where the market value of large block of land is determined on the basis of sale · transactions for smaller property, appropriate deduction has to…

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