SPL.LAQ OFFICER v. CHOTABHAI RANCHODBHAI
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Judgment
Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE Y.B.BHATT ============================================================
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Whether it is to be circulated to the Civil Judge? -------------------------------------------------------------- SPL.LAQ OFFICER Versus CHOTABHAI RANCHODBHAI -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: MR M R ANAND, Senior Counsel with MR L R PUJARI, AGP for the appellants. MR A J PATEL, learned advocate for the respondents. -------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : MR.JUSTICE Y.B.BHATT Date of decision: 11/07/96 ORAL JUDGEMENT
1.(cid:9)Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties. The appeals are admitted. Mr. A.J.Patel waives service on behalf of the respondents in each of these appeals.
2.(cid:9)At the joint request of the learned counsel for the respective parties, these appeals are taken up today for final hearing.
3.(cid:9)As a result of the hearing, and on perusal of the impugned judgment in the present group of appeals under section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act read with section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, it would appear that the facts of this group of appeals are covered by my earlier decision in First Appeal No.2469/94 dated 1st May, 1996.
4.(cid:9)After referring to my aforesaid decision, the learned counsel for the appellant stated that the same would cover the facts of the present group of appeals and that in view the aforesaid decision, he will not be able to sustain the challenge to the decision of the Reference Court impugned in the present group of appeals.
5.(cid:9)In the premises aforesaid, these appeals are dismissed with no order as to costs.
6.(cid:9)The appellant-State is directed to deposit the entire amount of the award together with cost and interest in the lower court separately in each Land Reference Case, latest by 14th October, 1996. *****
Questions this judgment answers
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Constitution of India; Land Acquisition Act — s. 54; Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — s. 96.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Gujarat High Court, on 11 Jul 1996. The bench was Y B BHATT.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.