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Supreme Court upholds land acquisition for Yamuna Expressway; Justifies Invocation of Urgency Clause

Supreme Court directed that a 64.7% enhancement in compensation would apply in rem, ensuring that uniform benefits would be provided to all affected landowners under the present land acquisition process.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC discusses law on compensation for injurious affection; Summarises items under S. 23(1) of LA Act to be considered by court while determining compensation

Supreme Court of India: The Division Bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ., while deciding an appeal of the landowner, noted

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Land acquisition proceedings quashed as Authorities fail to take physical possession of land and pay compensation as required under Land Acquisition Act, 1894

Patna High Court: Prabhat Kumar Jha, J., allowed the instant writ petition seeking to quash the entire proceeding of land acquisition and

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | S. 28-A of Land Acquisition Act not an adversarial form of adjudication; fair compensation to be determined for all landowners

Punjab and Haryana High Court: This writ petition was filed before the Bench of G.S. Sandhawalia, J., against the award passed by