Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 729 · Decided 13 November 1997
The State of Bihar and ORS. v. D.N. Singh (Dead) BY LRS. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 729 · [1997] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 140
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7695/1997
- Decided
- 13 November 1997
- Bench
- S.B. MAJMUDAR, S.P. KURDUKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 11, 11(I)
Headnote
, . ._Land Acquisition Act, 1894 : Section 11(/) Proviso-Acquisition of land-Compensation awarded by Land Acquisition Officer-Approval of­ C Power of Commissioner to reduce the award amount while granting approval~Held, Commissioner can exercise the Powers-Matter remanded to High Court. The dispute before the High Court was on the point, whether the D Commissioner exercising power under proviso to section 11 of the Act while granting approval to the proposal of the Land Acquisition Collector regarding the award of compensation to the claimants could reduce the suggested amount for
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