Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 191 · Decided 23 August 1976
Padma Uppal ETC. v. State of Punjab & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 191 · [1977] 1 S.C.R. 329
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2694/1972
- Decided
- 23 August 1976
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, JASWANT SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Land Acquisition Act
Headnote
Land acquisition-Fixing compensation-When the Sup,,me Court coufd interfere. Procedure-When a Court of appeal can interfere in the lower court's judg­ ment. In respect of a vast area of land, partly urban and partly rural, adjoining each other, acquired by the State Government the Collector fixed a slightly higher rate of compensation for the former and a lower rate for the latter. Accepting the classification, the Senior Sub-Judge tq whom the determination of compensation was referred enhanced the compensation in respect of both classes of land. In appeal, the High C<;mrt
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