Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 522 · Decided 5 August 2014
Mohinder Singh & ORS. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 522 · [2014] 8 S.C.R. 369
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7225/2014
- Decided
- 5 August 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, C. NAGAPPAN, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1)
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - Land acquired under - Award A 8 of compensation - Reasonable deduction from market value C of the land, towards development charges - Ascertainment of - Reference Court deducted 1/41 h of the market value - High Court deducted 40% of the market value -Held: If already in the midst of already developed land, deduction of 40% would not be justified - In the present case, D the acquired land was already within developed municipal limits, hence the cut of 40% is not justified - Deduction of 1141h of market .value made by Reference Court is appropriate. The
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