Supreme Court of India

Manimegalai v. The Special Tahsildar (land Acquisition Officer) Adi Dravidar Welfare

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Bench R.K. Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 16 April 2018

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What the Court ordered

Held as under:- 13) In Exh.B-4, an extent of 2 cents of land in S. No. 123 has been sold for Rs. 4,752/-. The above sale transactions took place prior to the notification issued under Section 4(1) but the said transactions have been considered and rejected by the respondents.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s.4(1), 5A, 18 – Part of appellant’s land acquired – Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation of Rs. 400/- per cent of land to the appellant – Subordinate Judge on reference u/s.18, granted compensation @ Rs. 2,500/- per cent – High Court reduced the compensation from Rs. 2,500/- to Rs. 1,670/- – On appeal, held: In the instant case, the land in question is situated adjacent to the National highway and is also near a busy area with various facilities – Respondent determined the value of the land in question based on the sale deed which had happened five…

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