Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 29 · Decided 25 January 1994
Jawajee Nagnatham v. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Adilabad, AP., ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 29 · [1994] 1 S.C.R. 368
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1920/1989
- Decided
- 25 January 1994
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, N. VENKATACHALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 23; Stamp Act Section 47
Headnote
Lands Acquisition Act, 1894: S. 23-Acquisition of Land-Compensa- tion-Matters to be considered in detennination of-Held, Basic valuation ~--- Register maintained for purposes of collecting stamp duty had no evindentiary c value in that it had no statutory force and it would not be a basis to to prove prevail- ing market value. The Stamp Act, 1899: S. 47-A inserted by Andhra Pradesh Act 22 of D 1971-Held, the section confe"ed no express power on government to deter- mine market value of lands and to maintain Basic Value Register-The Register cannot fonn any basis to detennine
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