Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 151 · Decided 23 February 2011
Ivo Agnelo Santimano Fernandes & ORS. v. Government of Goa & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 151 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 1142
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7245/2003
- Decided
- 23 February 2011
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Land Acquisition Act Section 4
Headnote
LAND ACQUIAS/TION ACT, 1894: c s. 34 read with ss. 28 and 53 - Interest on compensation for land acquired -Amount not collected by /and-owners and deposited in Revenue account of State and utilized - HELD: The Act requires that the amount be deposited in court- Even if the amount is claimants, State cannot 0 keep it with itself and utilize the same - In such a case, after a reasonable period the amount should be deposited in court - Interest will be payable to parties as per order of District Judge - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - 0. 21.r 1. In a land acquisition case, the
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