'Land Acquired Four Decades Ago' : SC Directs Authorities To Pay Compensation To Land Owners Within Two Months
2 years, 1 month ago

'Land Acquired Four Decades Ago' : SC Directs Authorities To Pay Compensation To Land Owners Within Two Months

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In a relief to the land owners who are yet to get compensation for their lands acquired 40 years ago, the Supreme Court directed the authorities to pay compensation within two months.In this case, the land was acquired for the purpose of extension of the Nehru Zoological Park in 1981. In a relief to the land owners who are yet to get compensation for their lands acquired 40 years ago, the Supreme Court directed the authorities to pay compensation within two months. Despite taking possession, award was not passed and no amount of compensation was paid which made the land owners approach the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in 1996. Mr. Venkateswara Rao Anumolu, AOR Headnotes Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - Land acquired in 1981 but compensation not yet paid - Authorities directed payment of compensation within two months - The value of the said land cannot be computed at the rate less than Rs.

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Land Acquisition Compensation - In Exceptional Cases, Courts Can Direct Market Value Be Determined Based On A Date After Prelim Notification : Supreme Court
6 days, 16 hours ago

Land Acquisition Compensation - In Exceptional Cases, Courts Can Direct Market Value Be Determined Based On A Date After Prelim Notification : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court today observed that although the land acquisition compensation is to be determined at the market rate prevailing on the date of issuance of the notification regarding the acquisition of land, the compensation can be determined based on a later date in exceptional circumstances when the delay in the disbursal of the compensation has been inordinate.The bench of. …

No Land Acquisition Compensation Determined For 42 Years : Supreme Court Expresses Disappointment With HC For Not Questioning State
7 months, 3 weeks ago

No Land Acquisition Compensation Determined For 42 Years : Supreme Court Expresses Disappointment With HC For Not Questioning State

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The Supreme Court, while deciding a civil appeal, has expressed its disappointment at the Patna High Court's approach, inter alia, for not questioning the State as to why it did not pay compensation to the appellant for forty-two years after acquiring his land. There are many issues arising in this litigation and the High Court should have taken little pains …

State Can't Evade Responsibility: Bombay HC Orders Compensation To Family Who Moved Court 37 Yrs After Its Land Was Used For Electricity Substation
11 months, 4 weeks ago

State Can't Evade Responsibility: Bombay HC Orders Compensation To Family Who Moved Court 37 Yrs After Its Land Was Used For Electricity Substation

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The State cannot cite delay in approaching the court to absolve itself of its responsibility towards those whose private property has been “expropriated” or taken for public use without compensation, the Bombay High Court has held. A division bench comprising Justices BP Colabawalla and Somasekhar Sundaresan ordered the Collector of Thane to compute compensation payable to Damodarprasad Bhadani's family under …

RFCTLARR Act - Owner Cannot Pray For Lapse Of Land Acquisition After Refusing To Accept Compensation : Supreme Court
1 year, 9 months ago

RFCTLARR Act - Owner Cannot Pray For Lapse Of Land Acquisition After Refusing To Accept Compensation : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court has held once the land owner refuses to accept the compensation offered by the Land Acquiring Body, thereafter the land owner cannot to pray for lapse of acquisition on the ground that the compensation has not been paid. Thereafter, the Division Bench of the High Court held that the land acquisition is deemed to have lapsed under …

'Land Acquisition Compensation Can't Be Different Based On Nature Of Ownership' : Supreme Court Strikes Down NOIDA Authority's Classification
1 year, 10 months ago

'Land Acquisition Compensation Can't Be Different Based On Nature Of Ownership' : Supreme Court Strikes Down NOIDA Authority's Classification

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The Supreme Court, on Monday, stuck down the classification made by the Greater NOIDA Authority between Pushtaini and Gair-Pushtaini Landholders for the purpose of granting compensation upon acquisition. While striking down the classification, the Bench comprising Justice Krishna Murari and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat held - The Land Acquisition Act does not envisage any differential compensation on the basis of …

Land Acquisition Compensation Cannot Be Determined On The Basis Of Consent Award Passed In Another Acquisition : Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Land Acquisition Compensation Cannot Be Determined On The Basis Of Consent Award Passed In Another Acquisition : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court observed that a consent award cannot be the basis to determine the compensation in other acquisition more particularly, when there are other evidences on record.In this case, the High Court, while allowing an appeal filed by a landowner enhanced the amount of compensation in respect of the acquired land to Rs. To enhance the compensation, the High …

[S. 24. LA Act] CB Judgment Creates Confusion, CJI Asks For How Long Acquisition Could Sustain Where Possession Taken But Compensation Not Paid
4 years, 3 months ago

[S. 24. LA Act] CB Judgment Creates Confusion, CJI Asks For How Long Acquisition Could Sustain Where Possession Taken But Compensation Not Paid

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Asserting that "it is our judgment" and that "with all humility, we cannot leave it like this", Chief Justice S. A. Bobde on Monday raised a question of law, *which, he remarked, is apparently unaddressed by the five-judge bench decision on section 24 of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act, delivered on March 6. "The Constitution Bench judgment creates confusion, *leaving …

[Land Acquisition]If Award Not Made Due To Stay, Would Enhanced Compensation Under 2013 Act Still Accrue?- SC To Consider Section 24(1)(a) Separately
5 years, 1 month ago

[Land Acquisition]If Award Not Made Due To Stay, Would Enhanced Compensation Under 2013 Act Still Accrue?- SC To Consider Section 24(1)(a) Separately

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The Supreme Court five-judge bench, to which the task of the interpretation of section 24 of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act has been entrusted, grappled with a new question on Wednesday- if the award, for the purpose of section 24, could not be made on account of a stay, would the provisions of the new Act still apply, entitling all …

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