Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 144 · Decided 20 February 2023
Ramesh Chandra Sharma & ORS. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 144 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 422
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8819/2022
- Decided
- 20 February 2023
- Bench
- KRISHNA MURARI, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Land Acquisition Act
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894- U.P. Land Acquisition (determination of compensation and declaration of award by agreement) Rules, 1997 - Payment of compensation - Classification of landholders as Pushtaini or Gair-Pushtaini Held: Classification made by the GNOIDA authority for the purposes of awarding differential compensation is bad in law - Land Acquisition Act does not distinguish between classes of owners, and uniformly provides compensation to all class of landowners - Classification made between
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