Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1096 · Decided 23 September 1996
The Agricultural Produce Market Committee BY Its Secretary ETC. v. The Land Acquisition Officer and Assistant Commissioner and ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1096 · [1996] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 662
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 12883/1996
- Decided
- 23 September 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1)
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 : Compensation-Awarded by Land Acquisition Office1~Enhanced by Reference Cowt-Reduced by High Cowt-On appeal held, no prudent pur­ chaser in open market would offer to purchase the land on Sq. ft. basis that too on the basis of few small of land would D always fetch higher market value-Large eJ.1ent of land would never command such high p1ice-Such instances of sale of small extent not comparable sa/e3~Awards and decrees of the Reference Cowt and High Cowt set aside-Matter remitted to civil cowt for decision afresh after giving
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