Justice Sushil M. Ghodeswar

Compensation for Land Acquired for Service Road
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that landowners are entitled to compensation for land acquired for a service road in a National Highway widening project and directed payment of the compensation amount, holding the denial of compensation for such land to be arbitrary.

plea of alibi cannot be considered at charge sheet stage
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Filing of charge-sheet is not an empty formality and it should contain all the details for not sending accused for trial, to enable the Magistrate to decide whether to accept the report and discharge the bonds or order further investigation or to take cognizance of the offence.”