Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 64 · Decided 21 January 2020

Chanabasappa v. Karnataka Neeravari Nigam LTD. & ANR.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2020 INSC 64 · [2020] 5 S.C.R. 24
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 475/2020
Decided
21 January 2020
Bench
ARUN MISHRA, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Disposed off
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Land Acquisition Act Section 34, 28

Headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 34 - Payment of interest under - Whether from the date of award or from the date prior thereto - Construction of dam after acquisition of land - Submergence of land in question after the full reservoir level breached in the year 1991 of land in question started in the year 2007 - Award of compensation - High Court enhanced the compensation amount and directed payment of interest from the date of award i.e. 23.7.2009 - Appeal to Supreme Court seeking interest w.e.f. 1991 - Held: Interest u/s. 34 can

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