Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 345 · Decided 8 August 2005
G.M., O.N.G.C. LTD v. Sendhabhai Vastram Patel and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 345 · [2005] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 448
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 173/2004
- Decided
- 8 August 2005
- Bench
- ASHOK BHAN, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136, 32, 226, 142; Land Acquisition Act Section 54, 23
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894-Section 54-State Government acquired the land for the appellant-Held, the appellant was a person aggrieved and appeal was maintainable at its instance. Land Acquisition Act, 1894-Section 2 3-Compensation, determination of-Respondent's land acquired by the government-Land value of the land at Rs. 1.50 per sq. m.-Reference Court enhanced the compensation to Rs. JO relying solely on the basis of testimony of witness ignoring the deeds of sale produced before the LAC and on awards made in certain earlier cases which had not attained finality-Appellant's appeal to the
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