Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 996 · Decided 19 September 2019
Union of India & ANR. v. Tarsem Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 996 · [2019] 13 S.C.R. 49
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7064/2019
- Decided
- 19 September 2019
- Bench
- R.F. NARIMAN, SURYA KANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 39(b), 14, 31; Arbitration Act; Land Acquisition Act Section 28
Headnote
National Highways Act, 1956 [As amended by National Highways Laws (Amendment) Act, 1997]: s.3A, 3G(7) and 3J - Acquisition under the Act - Award of solatium - Whether permissible - Held: Solatium is part and parcel of compensation that is payable for compulsory acquisition the object of reducing the delay and for speedy implementation of highway projects - The Amendment Act, 1997 cannot be shielded by Art. 31-C of the Constitution as the object of the Amendment has no direct and rational nexus with the Directive Principles contained in Art. 39(b) of the
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