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MEHRAWAL KHEWAJI TRUST (REGO.), FARIDKOT & Ors. v. STATE OF PUNJAB & Ors.

Civil Appeal No. 4005 of 2012P SATHASIVAM, CHELAMESWAR15 min read

Case at a glance

Outcome

Allowed

The appeal is allowed to the extent

Judgment

Sri Rani M. Vijayalakshmamma Rao Bahadur, Ranee of Vuyyur vs. Collector of Madras, (1969) 1 MLJ 45 (SC); State of Punjab and Another vs. Hansraj (Dead) by LRS. G Sohan Singh and Others, (1994) 5 SCC 734; Anjani Molu Oessai vs. State of Goa and Another 2010 (14) SCR 997 = (2010) 13 sec 710 - relied on.

1.2 This Court has time and again granted 10% to 15% increase per annum. The annual increase is fixed at H 26 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2012] 4 S.C.R. A 12% per annum and with that rate of increase, the market value of the appellants' land would come to Rs.1,82,000 per acre as on the date of notification. [para 16) [32-G; 33- C] 8 C

Questions this judgment answers

What did the Court decide in this case?

The Court recorded the following disposition: The appeal is allowed to the extent

Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — s. 4; Constitution of India.

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