Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 13 · Decided 5 January 2007
Rakesh Kumar Jain and ANR. v. Stateof U.P. THR. Collector and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 13 · [2007] 1 S.C.R. 209
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 64/2007
- Decided
- 5 January 2007
- Bench
- AR. LAKSHMANAN, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act
Headnote
Interest: Acquisition of land-Authorities taking forcible possession of claimants' land-Without resorting to procedure under Land Acquisition Act-Suit for injunction by land owners-Authorities giving an undertaking A B in civil court to pay compensation within stipulated period-Amount C deposited by land owner for interest-Held, claimants were wrongly deprived of beneficial use of their money-They are entitled to I 8% simple interest from the date of possession of land till the date of actual payment. Respondent no. 2, Agra Development Authority, on 31.8.2000, took forcible possession
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