Supreme Court of India

Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam v. Raj Kumar Rajinder Singh (dead) through Lrs. & Ors.

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Bench Arun Mishra and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 24 September 2018
Status Distinguished

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that due to the subsequent events there are sufficient grounds for allowing the plaintiff to institute a fresh suit for the subject matter and on the same cause of action.

Judgment, page 29

From the headnote

Land Acquisition – Claim for compensation – Whether after the abolition of jagirs by virtue of the Abolition Act, 1953, the Respondent-Jagirdar or his legal representatives could have claimed the compensation on the land acquisition being made, particularly when land vested in the State, the land was not under the personal cultivation, and when they have received the compensation under the Abolition Act, and apart from that had also received the compensation under the provisions of the Ceiling Act, 1972 – Held: It was conclusively established that land in question had been declared surplus…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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