Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 686 · Decided 8 October 2010
Radha Mudaliyar v. SPL. Tahasildar (Land ACQ.), T.N.H. Board
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 686 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 154
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5616/2004
- Decided
- 8 October 2010
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 23, 4
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 23 - Compensation - Basis for determination - Held: Comparable sale instances are the best piece of evidence for the purpose of determining the compensation - Even transactions of the adjacent areas and closest sale instances D to the date are best evidence - In case of increasing trend in value of land, the claimants are entitled to the benefit of increase for the intervening period - Annual increase of 10% to 15% is normally allowed by the court where the record reflects increasing trend in the sale price of the land - In
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