Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 330 · Decided 22 March 2022
Special Land Acquisition Officer and ORS. v. N. Savitha
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 330 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 807
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2052/2022
- Decided
- 22 March 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Compensation - Determination of - s.4 Notification issued in the year 2008 for acquisition of land for improvement of Bird Sanctuary- Award of compensation - Dissatisfied with quantum of compensation, land- owner filed appeal before High Court upon document (Ex.P.17) by which for the land acquired in the year 2011, the amount of compensation was awarded @ Rs.60 lakhs per acre - Mainly relying on Ex P.17 and thereafter on "guesswork" by impugned judgment, High Court enhanced the amount of compensation to Rs.40 Lakhs per
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