Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 494 · Decided 11 August 2010
N. Natesam Pillai v. SPL. Tahsildar, Land Acquisition, Tiruchy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 494 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 36/2004
- Decided
- 11 August 2010
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1), 18, 23
Headnote
A B Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - ss. 4 (1) and 18·- Land acquisition - Fixation of market value of the acquired land - Reference court awarding compensation at Rs. 171- per sq. C feet - However, High Court reduced the compensation to Rs. 91- per sq feet - Justification of - Held.· to be used as building sites, even in the immediate future - It is abutting the main road and is surrounded by schools, Panchayat,_ union office, shops and D residential buildings in all three sides - Even on giving a discount in respect of the acquired land being a large tract - as compared
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