Land Acquisition Act 1894
15th Nov, 2022
The Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its judgment dated 09.11.2022 in “S. Shankaraiah through GPA holder & Ors. vs. The land acquisition officer & Revenue Divisional officer Peddapali, Karimnagar Dist. & Ors.” had the occasion of […]
27th Jan, 2020
The Supreme Court in the case of Chanabasappa vs Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd. & Anr (Civil Appeal no. 475 of 2020, Arising out of S.L.P. (Civil) No. 29148 of 2016) decided on 21.01.2020 held that […]
13th Jan, 2020
The Supreme Court in the case of Vidya Devi vs State of Himachal Pradesh& Ors. (Civil Appeal no. 60-61 of 2020) decided on 08.01.2020 held that forcible dispossession of a person from his private property […]
20th May, 2016
Use of power for a purpose different from the one for which power is conferred is colourable exercise of power. Statutory and public power is trust and the authority on whom such power is conferred […]
24th Nov, 2014
No direction under Article 226 of the Constitution against the State to initiate land acquisition proceedings in respect of land after lapse of sufficient time could be issued.
9th Jun, 2014
As per Section 15 of the 2013 Act any person interested in any land notified under Section 11(1) as being required or likely to be required for a public purpose, may within sixty days from […]
7th Jun, 2014
No strait-jacket formula can be laid down for arriving at exact market value of the land #indianlaws
The assessing authority must take into consideration various factors for determining the market value, but exclude the advantages due to the carrying out of the purpose of acquisition and remote potentialities.
7th Jun, 2014
The Court observed that rules of Limitation are not meant to destroy the rights of the parties rather the idea is that every legal remedy must be kept alive for a legislatively fixed period of […]
7th Jun, 2014
While rejecting claim of the Petitioner, the Court reiterated the legal position that once the land is vested in the State, free from all encumbrances, it cannot be divested and proceedings under the Act would […]
7th Jun, 2014
Once such allotment is declared null and void, it is presumed that there was no such allotment at any point of time. If there was no such allotment, said allotments having been declared null and […]
7th Jun, 2014
Whether the amount of compensation can be attached, was the question before the Court.
6th Jun, 2014
A claimant in a land acquisition proceeding can get no share of compensation without establishing his title of the land acquired