Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 29 · Decided 25 January 1977
Dadu Yogendrenath Singh & ORS. v. The Collector, Seoni
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 29 · [1977] 2 S.C.R. 757
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2128/1969
- Decided
- 25 January 1977
- Bench
- HANS RAJ KHANNA, R.S. SARKARIA, JASWANT SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 17
Headnote
The Land Acquisiton Act, 1894, S. 23(1)--Considerations for determination of compensation, scope of. Responding to a notice under s. !I of the Land Acquisiton Act, 1894, the appellants filed a claim for Rs. 1500/- per acre at which .rate the adjoining lands were sold. The Collector awarded At the instance of the appellants under s. 18 of the Act, the matter was referred to the District Judge who enhanc_ed the compensation to Rs. 11,000/­ per acre. An appeal by the Collector was allowed by the High Court on the ground that the District Judge had acted -contrary to the mandate
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