Supreme Court of India
Shankarrao Bhagwantrao Patil Etc. v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result appellant must be awarded compensation at Rs 7000 per acre subject to deduction or allowance of 25 per cent to account for land required to be set apart for roads, open spaces etc.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Compensation – Deduction towards development cost – Appellants’ land acquired – Compensation awarded by Land Acquisition Collector – Dissatisfied, reference sought – Reference Court awarded compensation at the rate of Rs.70 per square feet – In appeal, High Court reduced the compensation to Rs.317/- per square meter (29 per square feet) – Held: Land in question was rocky and had a moorum soil – Such land is not cultivable – In the facts of the present case, deduction towards the development cost at the rate of 50% is warranted – Order of the Reference Court is…
Authorities it was built on
- 1988 Chimanlal Hargovinddas v. Special Land Acquisition Officer, Poona, and Anr.
- 2009 Lal Chand v. Union of India & Another
- 2012 Mehrawal Khewaji Trust (rego.), Faridkot & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Ors.
- 2002 Kasturi and Ors. v. State of Haryana
- 2018 Maya Devi (d) through Lrs & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Anr.
- 2004 R.L. Jain (d) by Lrs. v. Dda and Ors.
- 2007 Madishetti Bala Ramul (d) by Lrs. v. The Land Acquisition Officer
- 2016 Balwan Singh & Ors. v. Land Acquisition Collector & Anr.
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 1 mentioned
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