Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 251 · Decided 22 April 2003
Virender Singh and ORS. v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 251 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 864
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1322/1997
- Decided
- 22 April 2003
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, P. VENKATARAMA REDDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 4(1)
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Section 4(/)-Acquisition of land in the year 1959 for planned C develop111ent of the City-Land situated quite far from the 111ain road­ Collector awarding Rs.6,000 per Bigha in 1967-Reference Court enhancing it to Rs.10,000-High Court confir111ing award-Reliance case-Justification of-Held: Sale deeds relied on do not fi1rnish D real indicia of 111arket value of land since they were effected just before the Award was passed in the year 1967-Award of Civil Court substantially varied by judg111ent of High Court in respect of land acquired under
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