Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 383 · Decided 14 March 1996
Hookiyar Singh ETC. ETC. v. Special Land Acquisition Officer, Moradabad and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 383 · [1996] 3 S.C.R. 422
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6821/1996
- Decided
- 14 March 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, S.P. BHARUCHA, K.S. PARIPOORNAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1), 24
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Sections 4(1), 24 Clause Fifthly. Land Acquisition-Determination of market value---l'dnciples of-Court should not indulge in feats of imaginati01t-Burden of proof of proving the market value-Lies on the claimant-Claimant required to refund the difference of of for confinna- D tion of amount detennined by Courts below-Future potentiality of land cannot be taken into account while detemiining contpensation. Land Acquisition-Compensation-Land Acquisition Officer class­ ifying the land and accepting the sale deed awarding highest rate of Rs. 15,500 per
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