Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 250 · Decided 9 March 2016
Balwan Singh & ORS. v. Land Acquisition Collector & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 250 · [2016] 2 S.C.R. 163
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1867/2009
- Decided
- 9 March 2016
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, R.F. NARIMAN (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1)
Headnote
A B Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s.4(1) - Interest for the period from the date of possession to the date of notification uls.4(1) of the Act - Entitlement - Held: Land owner is not entitled to interest under the Act - However, he is entitled to get rent or damages for use and occupation for retained C possession of the property - In the interest of justice, 15% awarded by way of damages from the date when the land owners were dis­ possessed till the date of Notification u!s.4(1) of the Act. Disposing of the appeals, the Court HELD: 1. This Court in the case of Madislzetti
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