Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1481 · Decided 13 December 1996
The Manipur Tea CO. PVT. LTD. v. The Collector of Hailakandi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1481 · [1996] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 108
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 16967/1996
- Decided
- 13 December 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1), 18, 23, 28
Headnote
TEA CO. PVT. LTD. v. THE COLLECTOR OF HAILAKANDI DECEMBER 13, 1996 B [K. RAMASWAMY AND G.T. NANAVATI, JJ.) Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Sections 4(1), 18, 23 and 28. Land Acquisition-Compensation-Principle for determination C of-Tea Estate's land acquired for laying railway tracks-Compensation to agricultural land 5 years prior to the date of Notification u/s. 4(1) produced by land-owners-Not accepted by Trial Court and High Court-Appeal before Supreme D Court-Held the sale statistics cannot ipso facto form a basis to determine the compensation-In this case the High Court and
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