Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 79 · Decided 14 February 2002
Land Acquisition Officer-Cum-Dswo, A.P. v. B.V. Reddy and Sons
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 79 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 1041
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9521/1995
- Decided
- 14 February 2002
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, S.N. PHUKAN, S.N. VARIAVA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 25
Headnote
land Acquisition Act, 1894: Section 25 (as it stood prior lo its amendment by Act 68 of I 984). Land Acquisition-Amount of compensation-Maximum limit-Held, The compensation cannot be in excess of the amount claimed by the claimant but in no case would it be less than that awarded by the Collector ls substantive in nature. Interpretation of Statutes: Substantive provision -Prospective or retrospective-Held, A substantive provision cannot be retrospective in nature unless the provision itself so indicates. B c D The land belonging to the respondents was acquired and compensation E
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