Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 702 · Decided 1 July 2019
The Executive Engineer, M.I.W. v. Vitthal Damodar Patil and Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 702 · [2019] 8 S.C.R. 954
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5125/2019
- Decided
- 1 July 2019
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, AJAY RASTOGI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 18
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - ss. 4, 18 - Land belonging to the respondents was acquired for public purpose - Special Land Acquisition Officer passed an award fixing the price at the rate of Rs.59,800/- per hectare for Jirayat land and Rs.1,500/- per hectare land - Possession of the acquired land taken - Respondents, preferred reference u/s.18 of the Act - Decided - Dissatisfied, respondents appealed before the High Court - Partly allowed, compensation enhanced - On appeal, held: Neither the Reference Court nor the
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