Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 806 · Decided 6 December 2013
Madan & ANR. v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 806 · [2013] 12 S.C.R. 761
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10863/2013
- Decided
- 6 December 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, RANJAN GOGOI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 18, 30, 18(2)
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 18 - Reference - Limitation - Expression, "the date of - award" - Connotation of - Held: The expression "the date of the award" used in proviso (b) to s. 18(2) must be understood to mean the date when the award is either communicated to A B c the actually or constructively D - In the instant case, it is for t/1e first time on the date of order u/s 30 that the appellants came to know that they were entitled to compensation and the quantum thereof - Reference u/s 18 was made within 6 weeks from the said date - Therefore, . the view taken
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