Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1213 · Decided 17 November 2022
New Okhla Industrial Development Authority v. Rameshwar @ Ramesh Chandra Sharma (Dead) Through Legal Heir & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1213 · [2022] 15 S.C.R. 609
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8331/2022
- Decided
- 17 November 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1)
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Delay of 22 years in preferring first appeals - Acquisition notification was issued in 1982 - Reference court determined compensation at Rs.20 per yard - After a period of 22 years, land owners filed first appeals - Court condoned delay of 22 years and enhanced the amount of compensation to Rs.149 per sq.yard at par with the land owners in the case of Deo Karan & Ors. by which this Court with respect to the acquisition of the year 1982 determined the compensation at Rs.149/- per sq.yard - Held:
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