Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 43 · Decided 11 February 1987
Mahabir Prasad Santuka & ORS. v. Collector, Cuttack & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 43 · [1987] 2 S.C.R. 289
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 696/1973
- Decided
- 11 February 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, K.N. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 133(1)(a); Land Acquisition Act Section 23, 4
Headnote
SANTUKA & ORS. v. COLLECTOR, CUTIACK & ORS. FEBRUARY 11, 1987 [K.N. SINGH & A.P. SEN, JJ] Land Acquisition Act, 1894-S.23-Compensation-Market value-Determination of-Offer of land to industrialists on conces­ . -i sional rate-Whether indicates 'market value' of land. Certain plots a reference, the Subordinate Judge enhanced the compen­ sation and awarded at the rate of Rs. 15,000 per acre. On appeal by the respondents, the High Court reduced the compensation holding that since the State Government had been offering land situate in the adja­ cent Industrial Area to
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