Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 613 · Decided 9 September 2014
Union of India v. Raj Kumar Baghal Singh (Dead) TH. LRS. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 613 · [2014] 7 S.C.R. 709
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7314/2005
- Decided
- 9 September 2014
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4
Headnote
A B Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 4 - Compensation - Determining factors - Held: In determining compensation for C acquired land, it is the price paid in a bona fide transaction of sale by a willing seller to a willing buyer which is relevant subject to such transaction being adjacent to the date of acquisition and possessing similar advantages - There are other well known methods of valuaJion D like opinion of experts and yield method - In absence of any evidence of a similar transaction, it is permissible to takeinto account transaction of nearest land around the
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