Supreme Court of India

Walchandnagar Industries Ltd. v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr

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Bench Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 4 February 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the High Court committed a gross error in reversing the finding of the Reference Court under this heading.

Judgment, page 29

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 :ss. 4, 6, 17, 18, 23, 24 – Land acquisition – Determination of compensation in light of clauses “thirdly” and “fourthly” of s. 23 concerning ‘severance’ and ‘injurious affection’ respectively – On facts, the appellant-land owner established a township situated at a distance of 36 kms. from the Railway Station – For a direct and rapid connection between the two points, the appellant provided its own trolley line in the year 1946 wherein 35,000 tonnes of heavy material used to get transported – Part of the trolley line got submerged in the backwaters of Ujjani Dam…

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