Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 410 · Decided 25 July 1995
Nawal Singh and ORS. ETC. ETC. v. Union of India ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 410 · [1995] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 307
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2130/1980
- Decided
- 25 July 1995
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, K.S. PARIPOORNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1)
Headnote
B Land Acquisition Act, 1894 : Compensatiort-Award of-Price of small extent of land-Not to f01m the sole basis for awarding higher compensation for large track of C lan~Awarding market value to moTtgagee and 25% extra compensation to owner-Held, not justified as no discernible principle has been classified the lands as A.B.C. blocks and awarded Rs. 1600, Rs. 1400, and Rs. 1000 per bighas respectively. On reference, the Additional D District Judge enhanced the compensation to Rs. 4250 Rs. 3200 and Rs. 2150 per bigha respectively. On appeal the High Court further enhanced the
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