Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 326 · Decided 2 August 2005
Ishwar Dutt v. Land Acquisition Collector and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 326 · [2005] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 903
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 443/2001
- Decided
- 2 August 2005
- Bench
- ASHOK BHAN, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 11, 107; Constitution Article 226; Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 18
Headnote
B Land Acquisition: Land Acquisition Act, 1894: c Sections 4 and 18-Compensation amount-Interest on-Res judiCata­ Estoppel-Road construction plan-Possession of lands of large number of villages taken over for construction of road-No steps taken to formally acquire the land-Public interest @ D I 2% per annum from the date of taking over of possession till the date of payment of interim compensation and of final compensation, if there was enhancement-ft was also held that the aforesaid interest payable was in the nature of equitable compensation and such interest shall be in
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