Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 840 · Decided 17 August 2007
Gafar and ORS. v. Moradabad Development Authority and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 840 · [2007] 9 S.C.R. 32
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5355/2006
- Decided
- 17 August 2007
- Bench
- P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 18
Headnote
land Acquisition Act, 1894-Sections 4 and 18-land Acquisition- 1n villages Harthala, Mukkarrabpur and Sonakpur-Compensation-Award C of-Enhancement by Reference Court-Set aside by High Court and restoration of award by land Acquisition Officer-Interference with-Held: lnt{!rjerence not called for of evidence to justify the claim-Reference Court failed to give any adequate or tenable reasons for enhancement-LAO assessed compensation on basis of evidence of comparable sale of lands in D the locality, thus, was generous in. his award. In terms of Land Acquisition Notifications, most of
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