Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 911 · Decided 21 August 1996
Union of India and ORS. v. Dhanwanti Devi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 911 · [1996] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 32
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11359/1996
- Decided
- 21 August 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, S. SAGHIR AHMAD, G.B. PATTANAIK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 31; Land Acquisition Act Section 23
Headnote
Land Laws: Jammu & Kashmir (Requisition and Acquisition of Immovable proper­ ty) Act, 1968: Sections 7 and 8. Acquisition of land-'--Solatiwn and interest-No express provision in Act for payment of-Held: Owner not entitled to solatium and interest as omission by Legislature was land was acquired expressed contrary inten- ,.... tion--Ratio decidendi in Hori Kishan Klwsla's case not in conflict with " Satinder Singh's case-Nor did the fonner have the effect of ovemtling the latter-Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Ss.23( 1-A) & 2, 28 and 34-Requisition and
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