Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 513 · Decided 15 April 2009
Avinash Dhavaji Naik v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 513 · [2009] 6 S.C.R. 222
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4259/2002
- Decided
- 15 April 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4
Headnote
LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1894: c s. 23 - Compensation for land acquired - computation of - Belting method - Large tract of grassy lands agriculture in nature and situate in 96 villages acquired in 1970 - Land Acquisition Collector awarded compensation at Rs. 0. 351- per sq m. - Findings recorded by was available, there was no industrial or commercial development, no railway station nearby, villages had no lo electricity connection - No evidence brought on record by·· State to indicate annual average yield - Adopting belting method, reference court enhanced the compensation to
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