Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 302 · Decided 17 March 2020
Sajan v. State of Maharashtra and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 302 · [2020] 4 S.C.R. 930
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 17/2020
- Decided
- 17 March 2020
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Land Acquisition: Acquisition of land - Comprising of cultivable as well as non-agricultural land used for running sugar mill - Determination of compensation - Reference court enhanced the compensation amount treating the entire land as land meant for non-agricultural use development costs - High Court in appeal reduced the compensation amount deducting 40% towards development costs - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: The value arrived at by Reference Court is fair and reasonable - Rule of one-third deduction towards development is
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