The State of Kerala acquired land under the Kerala Land Acquisition Act, 1961, issuing a notification on 22 June 1976 and an award in 1977. The Additional Subordinate Judge enhanced the compensation on 24 June 1980. The claimants sought the benefit of the 1984 amendment to the Central Land …
The State of Kerala appealed a Kerala High Court order that had granted statutory benefits under the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 to respondents whose land was acquired. The land was notified for acquisition in 1974, possession taken in 1977, and compensation enhanced by a subordinate …
The case concerned a land acquisition where the Collector’s award was made on 30 December 1980 and possession taken in early 1981. The civil court, on reference, enhanced the compensation on 28 February 1985 and the enhanced amount was deposited in 1986. The High Court confirmed the enhanced …
The Kerala State Housing Board entered into a Section 16(1) agreement with M/s. Ramapriya Hotels to accept compensation of Rs.1100 per cent for land to be acquired, after which a notification under Section 3(1) was issued and a later declaration under Section 6 was published. The High Court held the …
Aysha Umma appealed against a Kerala High Court order that had set aside a civil court's award of Rs.3,00,000 as market value of six acres of land and had confirmed a separate capitalisation award for fruit‑bearing trees. The Supreme Court examined the proper method of valuation, holding that land …
Abraham, the owner of land in Thottapuzhasseri, challenged a declaration under Section 6 of the Kerala Land Acquisition Act, 1961 that authorised acquisition of his land for a playground of M.M.A. High School. He argued that the acquisition was mala fide and that the declaration was invalid because …
The petitioners, KANTHIMATHY PLANTATIONS, challenged the acquisition of their land in Kerala that had been initiated under the Kerala Land Acquisition Act, 1961. The acquisition proceeded to a declaration under section 6 before the Central Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (as amended by Act 68 of 1984) …
The State of Kerala appealed against a Kerala High Court judgment that struck down Sections 34(1) and 34(2A) of the Cochin Town Planning Act as violative of Article 14. The Supreme Court examined whether the Act's differential treatment of compensation, particularly the exclusion of solatium, …
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