Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 222 · Decided 28 March 2014
Bhule Ram v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 222 · [2014] 4 S.C.R. 247
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6251/2010
- Decided
- 28 March 2014
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 23
Headnote
LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1894: A B s. 23 - Acquisition of large tract of land - Compensation c - Belting method - Held: Market value of land acquired is to be assessed keeping in mind the limitation prescribed u/s 23, which mandates that the market value of the land is to be assessed at the time of to be assessed is the value to the owner who parts 0 with his property and not the value to the new owner who takes it over -- Fair and reasonable compensation means the price of a willing buyer which is to be paid to the willing seller - Where huge tract of land has been acquired, belting
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