Land Acquisition Act, 1894

The State of Maharashtra sought to acquire portions of two high‑rise buildings – the third floor of Reliance Centre and the second floor of the Express Building – where the land beneath the structures was owned by the Government or a Port Trust, but the buildings were owned by private parties. The key issue was whether…

The Supreme Court examined the acquisition of agricultural lands by the Karnataka State Government for Trinity House Building Co‑operative Society, which had hired a middleman, M/s Srinivasa Enterprises, to secure the acquisition in its favour. The Court found that no housing scheme had been framed or approved by the G…

The land of the appellants was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, with a notification dated 5 March 1983 and an award on 1 March 1984. The owners filed a reference under Section 18 for enhanced compensation, and while the reference was pending, the 1984 Amendment Act introduced Section 23(1A) and a transiti…

The Sita Ram Bhandar Society owned agricultural land (Khasra No.157) that was included in a 1959 notification for acquisition for the planned development of Delhi. After objections were dismissed, a declaration under Section 6 was made and an award was issued on 19 June 1980. The Collector recorded a panchnama between …

The Collector, Land Acquisition & Anr. appealed a High Court order that dismissed a revision petition challenging an executing court's award of interest on solatium to land owners. The petitioners argued that the reference court had categorically held that no interest was payable on solatium, so the executing court cou…

The Jalandhar Improvement Trust claimed ownership of 2½ kanals of land that forms part of a 55‑acre development scheme acquired by a 1977 award. The respondents, displaced persons from Pakistan, asserted that the land was evacuee property and sought proprietary rights, contending that the Trust’s eviction proceedings u…

The appellants purchased land that had been notified for acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and claimed that they had obtained prior permission under Section 5 of the Delhi Lands (Restrictions on Transfer) Act, 1972, to transfer the land. The High Court dismissed their review and writ petitions, holding …

The appellants, owners of lands in village Chhalera Banger, challenged the Uttar Pradesh government's notifications under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which invoked Section 17(4) to dispense with the mandatory Section 5‑A inquiry on the ground of urgency for planned industrial development by NOID…

The petition challenged a land acquisition made in 1953 for the establishment of an Indian Institute of Technology, where 60.8 acres were later transferred to the National Institute of Technology (NITIE) by a government resolution. The petitioner, a sub‑lessee, claimed that he was not given notice under Section 5‑A of …

G.N. Rao challenged the compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Officer for 7 acres of land in Nizamabad acquired under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The High Court had fixed compensation at Rs 32,000 per acre, relying on sale deeds of adjacent lands and a claim of potential value. Rao argued tha…

The Supreme Court examined the validity of Sections 192(1)(c) of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 and 203(1)(c) of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, which allowed municipal committees to transfer land for town‑planning schemes without payment of compensation or with discretionary compensation. Petitioners whose land had b…

The State of Haryana issued notifications under Section 4 read with Section 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire land for an outer ring road and green belt, affecting land owned by Mahender Pal and others that contained residential structures, ancestral samadhis and a temple. The petitioners objected and …

The appellants, owners of several plots acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, had received awards from the Collector (10‑June‑1968) and a reference court (30‑August‑1972) and sought enhanced compensation on a belt‑wise basis before the High Court, which awarded varying rates. They appealed to the Supreme Court…

The State of Uttar Pradesh, through the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority, acquired land belonging to the appellants for a planned industrial development of Gautam Budh Nagar, invoking Sections 17(1) and 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, thereby dispensing with the hearing provision of Section 5‑A. …

The State of Maharashtra acquired about 5,300 sq m of agricultural land in 96 villages for the New Bombay Project under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Collector initially valued the land at Rs 0.35 per sq m; the reference court, using the belting method, enhanced compensation to Rs 5‑10 per sq m, …

The Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Drainage Board appealed against a Karnataka High Court judgment that fixed compensation for land acquired for a drainage scheme at Rs.4,00,000 per acre without providing a basis for that figure. The Supreme Court examined whether rates for small, developed plots could be used to value…

The Government of Maharashtra acquired 182 hectares of land for the Uthala Irrigation Project. The Special Land Acquisition Officer fixed market values and awarded additional compensation for fruit‑bearing trees, wells, pipelines and structures, classifying the land as Bagayat (irrigated) and Jirayat (non‑irrigated). T…

The petitioners, a group of cooperative societies including Pranita Powerloom Co‑op. Society, sought acquisition of land for an industrial estate. The State cancelled the acquisition order on 30‑08‑2005 for non‑compliance with statutory requirements. The Bombay High Court, ignoring several objections and the lack of a …

The State of Maharashtra appealed a High Court order that had granted enhanced compensation to Maruti Laxman under the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984. The original acquisition notice was issued in 1969 and the Land Acquisition Officer awarded Rs.1,000 per acre in 1972. A civil court enhanced this award to Rs.2,…

The Supreme Court examined appeals filed by the State of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil Nadu Housing Board challenging a Madras High Court order that directed the re‑conveyance of land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act for a housing scheme. The writ petitioners had earlier sought de‑notification under Section 48 and re…

The Supreme Court examined the compensation awarded for 681 bighas of tea garden land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The High Court had fixed compensation at Rs.10,876 per bigha for land and Rs.75 per tea bush, which the appellants argued were inadequate and excessive respectively. The Court considered …

The Supreme Court examined applications by project‑affected families (PAFs) from Madhya Pradesh seeking rehabilitation benefits under the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) award after the Sardar Sarovar Dam was raised to 110 metres. The petitioners argued that both permanently and temporarily affected families, as…

The State of Goa appealed a Bombay High Court order concerning land acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The appeal raised issues already decided in the Supreme Court’s judgment in Babua Ram & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr., which the Court affirmed applied to the present case. After condoning delay and gran…

The National Thermal Power Corporation acquired a large tract of land under a notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer initially fixed compensation at Rs 3,000 per acre, which the Sub‑Judge enhanced to Rs 6,500 per acre, a decision affirmed by the Andhra Pra…

The Supreme Court examined an appeal by landowners whose 33 acres of a 194‑acre industrial acquisition near Dharwad had been valued at Rs 56,000 per acre by the Karnataka High Court after a series of enhancements and reductions. The appellants argued that the High Court erred by applying a 65% deduction for development…

The appellant challenged the Karnataka High Court’s reduction of compensation for 13 acres of land acquired under a 1979 notification. The land, situated at a considerable distance from any developed area, was initially valued at Rs 18,000 per acre by the Land Acquisition Officer, later inflated to Rs 5,61,729 per acre…

The Supreme Court examined an appeal by V.G. Kulkarni challenging the Karnataka High Court’s reduction of compensation for land acquired under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The notification dated 21 January 1982 acquired 20 acres and 4 gunthas for industrial development, with the Land Acquisition Offi…

The State of Gujarat acquired land in Sarigam for industrial purposes under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The land owners had entered into agreements with the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) in 1980 and 1985, accepting a compensation of Rs. 22,857 per hectare inclusive of solatium and other benefits…

The appellants' small parcels of land in Sultanpur were acquired by the State of Haryana for an expressway under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The initial award fixed a market value of Rs.12.5 lakh per acre based on a government circular, which was later enhanced by the Reference Court to Rs.43.17 lakh and then by th…

The State of Uttar Pradesh acquired large tracts of land for industrial development under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, prompting many landowners to file writ petitions challenging the acquisition. The Allahabad High Court, in Gajraj & Ors. v. State of U.P., upheld the acquisition but ordered additional compensation …

The case arose from the Chikotra irrigation project where the State of Maharashtra first notified land acquisition under Slab III for the benefitted zone and later changed to Slab I, thereby increasing the area of land to be acquired. The petitioners contended that this change required a public notice under Section 13(…

The respondents, who were the khewatdars of land classified as “Shamlat deh” in village Brahman Majra, claimed that the land reverted to them after the Gram Sabha was abolished, invoking Rule 3 of the Punjab Gram Panchayat Rules, 1965. The Municipal Committee of Sirhind argued that the land had vested in it when a noti…

The appellants, whose land was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, entered into an agreement with the municipal corporation to receive two‑thirds of the compensation at a rate of Rs.40 per square yard, with interest fixed at 4% per annum from possession. The compensation award was later enhanced to Rs.300 pe…

The State of Uttar Pradesh acquired 13.75 acres of land for a government college and the Land Acquisition Officer initially fixed compensation at Rs 11,887.78 per acre. A District Judge later awarded Rs 5 per square foot and the High Court reduced it to Rs 3.30 per square foot, relying on sale deeds of small parcels th…

The State of Punjab acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded Rs.29.46 per marla as compensation. The District Judge enhanced this to Rs.50 per marla, and the High Court single judge further raised the market value to Rs.375 per marla and allowed Rs.17,000 for…

The Supreme Court examined appeals by two groups of landowners whose properties in Aurangabad were acquired for a medical college under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer had awarded very low compensation, which was enhanced by a Civil Judge and later varied by the High Court. Both the claiman…

The State of Madhya Pradesh acquired land belonging to Hiralal and others and the respondents claimed compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 as amended by Act 68 of 1984, which purported to provide enhanced compensation and solatium. The High Court had allowed their claim, but the State appealed. The Supreme…

The case concerned compensation for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a telephone exchange in Narasaraopet. The acquisition officer initially awarded Rs 40 per square yard, which was enhanced to Rs 75 per square yard by the Subordinate Judge on the basis of four sale deeds executed in 1978 at rates…

The State acquired land in Etmadpur Village under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the Collector awarded compensation under Section 11. Ramesh Singh and Hari Singh sought a reference under Section 18, which was dismissed, while Ruma Singh obtained a higher award after a reference and a decree under Section 26. The pe…

The case concerned an appeal by Improvement Trust, Sangrur against Gurjjt Singh Sandhu and others under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The dispute centered on whether the respondents were entitled to the additional amount provided under Section 23(1A) of the Act, as amended by Act 68 of 1984. The Collector’s award was…

The appellants, joint owners of a 23‑kanal property, entered into two sale agreements with the respondent, requiring the sale deed to be executed by 16‑08‑2004 and making earnest money forfeitable if the deadline was missed. The respondent paid part of the consideration as earnest money but failed to appear for executi…

The petitioner’s 29.38‑acre land in Bihar was initially acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 with a 1981 notification and possession taken, later declared a protected forest. An award was passed in 2006, but the Supreme Court in August 2015 held that the acquisition proceedings had lapsed and directed the Stat…

The State of Punjab issued notices and a declaration under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire certain lands and an award was passed on 25 March 1985 determining compensation only for the land, leaving compensation for superstructures and trees to be decided later. The respondents challenged the award, contending…

The petitioners, City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), were directed by the Bombay High Court to acquire a 19‑acre tract of land claimed by the respondent, Dosu Aardeshir Bhiwandiwala, who alleged he was a trustee of the Bhiwandiwala Trust and that the land was private property. The High Court relied on …

The Union of India claimed ownership of land that had been sold at public auction to Mis. Mundra Salt & Chemical Industries and later acquired by the State of Maharashtra for a highway. The Union relied on Section 37 of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, which presumes Crown ownership where title is not established. T…

The appellants challenged two notifications issued under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for acquiring 11 acres 36 gunthas of land in Bangalore, alleging that the acquisition was for a private limited company and not a public purpose, and that the urgency provisions of Section 17 could not be invoked. The State argued t…

The Ujjain Development Authority issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in 1985 to acquire land for Scheme No.23 framed under the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973. The respondents challenged the notification before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which annulled i…

The Supreme Court examined a land acquisition under the urgency provision of Section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, where the acquiring authority failed to tender 80% of the estimated compensation before taking possession and also did not pass an award within two years as required by Section 11A. The Court held …

The petitioners purchased land in Delhi after a Section 4 notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 had been issued, and later sought a declaration under Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 that the acquisition had lapsed. …

The Raunaq Education Foundation was allotted 76 acres of forest land by the State of Haryana in 1972 for establishing an educational complex, subject to conditions of timely construction. The foundation failed to develop the school for decades, prompting the Gram Panchayat to seek return of the land, leading to a resum…

Girnar Traders, a partnership firm, owned land reserved under the Jalgaon Development Plan. After the State Government confirmed the firm's purchase notice, the municipal council failed to acquire the land under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act (M.R.T.P. Act). The State later declared the land required fo…

The Supreme Court examined compensation for several plots of land acquired for a printing‑machinery factory. The lands, owned by three different claimants, differed in location, size and shape. The Land Acquisition Officer and the Punjab‑Haryana High Court had fixed a uniform market‑value rate per unit area, and had al…

The appellants, Periyar & Pareekanni Rubbers Ltd., challenged a Kerala High Court order that limited interest on solatium to the period after 19 September 2001, the date of the Sunder judgment. The land had been acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the Reference Court had awarded enhanced compensation incl…

The Kerala State Housing Board (the Board) acquired land in the mid‑1980s for housing schemes and, while compensation disputes were pending under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, entered into sale agreements with allottee buyers that required payment of the difference between a tentative price and a final …

The State of Goa sought compensation for a 2,715 sq. m. strip of land acquired for the Panda By‑pass road, arguing that because the land lay within the 40‑metre prohibited‑construction zone alongside a highway it had no development potential and therefore should be valued as valueless. The Supreme Court held that such …

The Tulsi Co‑operative Housing Society had agreed to buy 24 acres of land but the State of Andhra Pradesh, under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, acquired 18.03 acres for a HUDCO housing project, invoking the urgency clause and dispensing with a Section 5A enquiry. The Society and the landowner challenged the acquisitio…

The Union of India appealed against a Delhi High Court order that set aside a 1989 decree passed under Sections 30 and 31 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which had awarded 87% of compensation to the respondents and 13% to the Gaon Sabha. The appellants alleged that the decree was obtained by fraud, claiming that the…

The Himachal Pradesh government acquired 18-15 bighas of land for a road project after taking possession in 1988. The Land Acquisition Officer fixed rates based on land classification, but the Reference Court later fixed a uniform compensation of Rs 7 lakhs per bigha relying on a sale deed (Ex.PW‑1/A) of only one biswa…

The Supreme Court examined an appeal by landowners whose 7.13 acres in Manakunnam were acquired for an Indian Oil bottling plant. The award was initially Rs. 1,225 per acre, enhanced to Rs. 7,000 per cent by a reference court, but the Kerala High Court reduced it to Rs. 4,000 (wet land) and Rs. 6,500 (dry land). The ap…

The State of Haryana issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire land in Rewari district. The respondents argued that a government policy excluded lands on which buildings had been constructed and that their shops were built before the notification, seeking exemption and compen…

Sharadchandra Ganesh Muley, a landowner, challenged a notification under section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. After the Bombay High Court dismissed his first writ petition in 1992, the Land Acquisition Officer made an award on March 30, 1994. Muley appealed, contending that the award was beyond the two‑year …

The State of Punjab acquired 58 acres of land in 1979 and the Land Acquisition Officer fixed compensation at Rs 50,000 per acre for Block A and Rs 36,000 per acre for Block B. The Civil Court and subsequently the High Court enhanced the compensation to Rs 1,00,000 and Rs 60,000, and then to Rs 1,60,000 per acre respect…

Ten acres of land belonging to the appellant were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded compensation at Rs.1.01 per square foot, which was enhanced to Rs.2.25 per square foot by a reference court under Section 18 of the Act. The State appealed, and the Madras High…

The appellants' land was acquired for a cantonment under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and they received an award in 1975. Subsequent enhancements to compensation were ordered by the Additional District Judge and the High Court, but the Division Bench conditioned the enhanced award on payment of a deficit court fee, w…

The case concerned the allotment of residential and commercial plots to land owners (oustees) whose land was acquired by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) in 1992 for a residential development project. The oustees filed suits under Section 39 of the Specific Relief Act seeking mandatory injunctions to comp…

The appellants, landowners whose property was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, claimed the amount deposited by the Collector could be appropriated at their discretion for interest, costs, solatium and principal. The Execution Court had allowed such appropriation, but the Haryana Urban Development Authorit…

The State of Uttar Pradesh issued a notification under s.4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in April 1990 to acquire land for a sub‑station, and a declaration under s.6 in December 1990. Under s.11A the Collector was required to make the award within two years of the declaration, i.e., by 21 December 1992. The resp…

The State of Maharashtra issued notices under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 between 1968 and 1970 to acquire land covering 86 villages for the New Bombay township, with declarations under Section 6 in 1971‑72 and awards in 1985‑86. The land owners challenged the acquisition, alleging inordinate delay, tha…

The Supreme Court examined challenges to land acquisitions in Noida and Greater Noida made under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, where the State invoked Section 17’s urgency provisions to dispense with the Section 5A objection right. The High Court had held the urgency invocation illegal but, because substantial develo…

The appellants claimed that they had acquired possession of a village plot in Delhi before the respondents obtained a registered sale deed and mutation in 1989, and they challenged the mutation on the ground of adverse possession, leading the Financial Commissioner to set aside the mutation and vest the land in the Gao…

The State of Punjab acquired 14.49 acres of land in nine villages for the Satluj‑Yamuna canal project. The Land Acquisition Officer fixed compensation rates, which were enhanced by the Civil Court and subsequently by the Punjab & Haryana High Court, the latter relying on the lead judgment in Hari Singh v. State of Punj…

The case concerned the acquisition of land by the State under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. A notification under section 4(1) was published in May 1986, objections were filed and rejected, a declaration under section 6 was issued in August 1987, and an award was made in December 1988, after which symbolic possession …

The Karnataka High Court had enhanced compensation for dry land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to Rs 58,000 per acre, up from the Land Acquisition Officer's award of Rs 8,000 and the reference court's award of Rs 38,000 per acre. The appellants challenged this further enhancement, arguing that compensati…

The case concerned acquisition of 171.46 acres of agricultural land in Moradabad for UPSIDC. The Land Acquisition Officer initially fixed compensation at Rs 15,500 per acre, which was later increased by the District Court to Rs 40,000 and by the High Court to Rs 50,000 per acre based on sale deeds and oral evidence. Bo…

The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) sought to acquire land reserved in the 1999 Development Plan for public purposes, but the land remained unacquired for over ten years. The landowners served a purchase notice under Section 127 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act), and the corporatio…

The land of the respondents was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894; the Collector awarded Rs 11,000 per acre while the claimants demanded Rs 30,000‑30,000 per acre. A reference court fixed the market value at Rs 75,000 per acre but, relying on the pre‑1984 Section 25, limited compensation to the amount claim…

The land originally owned by Smt. Kokilla was acquired by the State under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, with a notification on 15 April 1928 and a declaration on 28 July 1928 for a public purpose. Compensation was paid and, under Section 16 of the Act, the land vested in the State free of all encumbrances, extinguish…

The Balmokand Khatri Educational and Industrial Trust challenged the acquisition of its land by the State of Punjab, arguing that the government illegally dispensed with the enquiry required under Section 5-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 by invoking the urgency clause in Section 17(4) for the purpose of providing …

The appellant, N.D. Jain, owned land that was acquired by the Agra Town Improvement Trust under the U.P. Town Improvement Act, 1919. He received only a nominal compensation and no solatium, prompting him to seek a reference before the Nagar Mahapalika Tribunal, which increased the compensation but still denied solatium…

The appellant sought a higher solatium of thirty per cent on compensation for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, invoking the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 which substituted fifteen per cent with thirty per cent in Section 23(2). The amendment also contained Section 30(2) stating that the incr…

The Urban Improvement Trust (the appellant) sought to acquire land in Nangli Kota and Moongaska villages under the Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959. The respondents challenged the acquisition, alleging procedural defects: failure to serve individual notices under s.52(2), premature possession before compensation w…

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by landowners whose compensation for land acquired for the Hubli-Ankola railway line had been reduced by the Karnataka High Court from Rs 10,00,000 per acre to Rs 5,10,000 per acre. The original award of Rs 10,00,000 per acre had been granted by a Reference Court after enhancement…

The appellants challenged the compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Collector and affirmed by the Additional District Judge for land acquired under a 2001 Section 4 notification of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in Tohana, Fatehabad, Haryana. They argued that the market value should be enhanced beyond the assess…

The appellant, a private company managing premises requisitioned under the West Bengal Premises Requisition and Control (Temporary Provision) Act, learned that the State intended to acquire the same premises under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The State issued a notification under Section 4 of the Act and later a dec…

The petitioners, owners of land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, obtained a compensation award from a Reference Court under Section 18 but were denied interest on the additional amount (Section 23(1A)) and solatium (Section 23(2) ) following the then‑law of Prem Nath Kapoor (1996). The Special Land Acquis…

The State of Gujarat acquired 68 hectares of land for an irrigation scheme under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The initial compensation award was later enhanced, but the Reference Court, lacking sale deeds, relied on oral evidence of yield and deducted one‑third of the market value. The High Court affirmed this award…

The Manipur Tea Co. Pvt. Ltd. challenged the compensation awarded for 123 Bighas of its tea estate acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for railway construction. The Supreme Court examined whether sale statistics and three sale deeds relating to agricultural land could be used to determine compensation for tea…

The appellant, Daulat Singh Surana, owned premises that had been requisitioned and used by the West Bengal Government since 1943 as the office and residence of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Security Control). The State issued a notification under Section 4 and a declaration under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition …

The State of Bihar and others appealed a Patna High Court decision that held the Commissioner could not reduce the compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Collector under the proviso to Section 11(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Supreme Court examined whether the Commissioner, as the approving authority,…

The petitioners' land was acquired under a 1969 notification and an award dated August 2, 1972 fixed compensation at Rs 1.25 per square metre. Subsequent awards for other lands under the same notification in 1985 fixed higher rates, and a High Court award in 1987 and a Reference Court award in 1989 also fixed higher co…

The Ramjas Foundation challenged the validity of notifications issued under Sections 4, 6, 9 and 10 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for land in Delhi that it claimed was wakf and used for charitable education. It alleged that its objections under Section 5A were rejected without a personal hearing and that the notifi…

The petitioners, owners of vacant urban land, challenged the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 on grounds that several provisions violated Articles 14, 19(1)(f) and 31(2) of the Constitution and the basic structure doctrine. The Court examined the artificial definition of "family" in s.2(f), the compensatio…

A notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (s.4) acquired 297 kanals of land in Bhatinda for a cotton spinning mill. The Land Acquisition Officer initially fixed compensation at Rs 25,000 per acre. The Reference Court, relying on a 1979 sale deed (Rs 50,000 per acre), applied a flat 12% annual increase and a 2…

The Supreme Court examined appeals arising from the acquisition of 561.38 acres in Haryana where the High Court had fixed compensation at Rs.1.46 crore per acre by applying a 15% cumulative annual increase and relying heavily on the Swaran Singh judgment. The Court held that such reliance was improper because prior awa…

The State of Haryana, through the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), acquired land in Gurgaon for industrial development under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977. The landowners filed writ petitions and special leave appeals challenging the acquisition on sever…

The Supreme Court examined a dispute arising from the acquisition of 196 bighas of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, where the owners, a mortgagee, a tenant and a sub‑tenant (Sewa Ram) each claimed compensation. The owners argued that, having redeemed the mortgage under Section 15 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act…

The appellants, land owners of about six kilometres of land in Surat, Gujarat, challenged the acquisition of 131 kilometres of land for the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, arguing that the Competent Authority failed to comply with Section 20D(2) of the Railways Act, 1989 by not passing a reasoned order after the pe…

The case concerns the award of compensation for land acquired under a notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer initially fixed compensation at Rs. 2,000 per bigha, which was later enhanced by the Additional District Judge to Rs. 2,000‑3,000 per bigha, and fi…

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 and trees must be val…

The State of Andhra Pradesh acquired land for a canal and housing projects, but courts enhanced the compensation awarded to landholders, leading to allegations of irregularities and a public outcry. The High Court stayed further payments and, after the State initiated investigations, appointed a Commission of Inquiry u…

The appellant's land was acquired in 1976‑77 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, but no compensation was ever paid. After repeatedly seeking payment, the appellant filed a writ petition which was dismissed by a single High Court judge on the ground of a 42‑year delay. The Division Bench of the High Court then directe…

The Supreme Court examined a land‑acquisition case where the Haryana Urban Development Authority had notified acquisition of land for a public purpose, but a private builder, Uddar Gagan Properties Ltd., entered into agreements with farmers after the notification and obtained licences and release orders to develop a co…

The land in question was acquired in 1949 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and vested in the State in 1962, later being transferred to the Chennai Municipal Corporation. In 1995 the Government ordered reconveyance of a portion of the land to the original owners, but subsequently cancelled that order on the ground t…

The appellant's 4‑acre land in Medak district was acquired for the Singnoor project and awarded compensation of Rs 9,000 per acre. He sought enhancement to Rs 35 per square yard, relying on a nearby acquisition (Ex A.6) where compensation was Rs 18 per square yard. The High Court dismissed the appeal, preferring its ea…

The Andhra Pradesh Housing Board acquired 45 acres for a housing scheme, but could take possession of only 43 acres; the remaining two acres remained occupied by hut dwellers and compensation was never paid. The land‑owners obtained a writ from the High Court declaring the acquisition award for the two acres a nullity …

The appellants' lands were acquired in 1980 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for submergence by the Kadana Dam. The dispute centered on how to determine the market value of the acquired lands, whether deductions for development and for the largeness of the tract could both be made, the appropriate percentage of suc…

The Union of India appealed a Delhi High Court order that declared land acquisition proceedings to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 because compensation had not been paid. The land in question was an agricul…

The Delhi High Court had held that the acquisition of certain land had deemed lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 because neither possession nor compensation had been effected, relying on Pune Municipal Corporation …

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed a Delhi High Court order that declared land acquisition proceedings as deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The High Court had relied on Pune Municipal Corporat…

The Government of NCT of Delhi acquired a parcel of land (Khasra No.115) measuring 20 biswa, taking possession of 19 biswa and issuing a notice under Section 12(2) of the 1894 Land Acquisition Act for the payment of compensation to the landowner, who failed to collect it, leading to the amount being deposited in the re…

The Government of NCT Delhi had taken possession of land on 11 July 2008 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, but had not paid compensation to the landowner, Jai Pal. The Delhi High Court held that the acquisition proceedings had deemed to lapse under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in…

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed a Delhi High Court order that declared the acquisition of a parcel of land to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The land had an award under the Land Acquisition Act, 1…

The land in question was awarded under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in 1992, and possession was taken in 2006 and handed over to the DDA. A private respondent filed a writ petition seeking a declaration that the acquisition had deemed lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in La…

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed a Delhi High Court order that had allowed a writ petition filed by M/s Beads Properties Pvt. Ltd., a subsequent purchaser of land, declaring that the acquisition of the land was deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land A…

The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) initially notified acquisition of land for a trumpet interchange and access road to Bangalore Airport under the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board Act, 1966. Later, the Karnataka State Industrial Investment and Development Corporation proposed a change in…

The appellants, land owners, challenged an award dated 4 February 2003 made under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, arguing that it was issued beyond the two‑year period prescribed by Section 11‑A, which requires an award to be made within two years of the last publication of the declaration under Section 6. The last pub…

The case concerned a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 issued before the 1984 amendment, under which a declaration under Section 6(1) was made within the three‑year period but later quashed by the High Court. The State then issued a fresh declaration and the appellants challenged its val…

Sharda Devi appealed against the State of Bihar challenging a land acquisition award. The dispute turned on whether a Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) could be filed before a Division Bench of the High Court against the judgment of a Single Judge who had decided an appeal under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. …

The Supreme Court examined the constitutionality of sub‑sections (3) and (4) of section 44 of the Maharashtra Housing and Development Act, 1976, which prescribe a specific method of calculating compensation for land acquired in municipal areas. The petitioners (the State of Maharashtra and the Housing Authority) appeal…

The Supreme Court upheld the validity of Rule 19(b)(II)(vi) of the Tamil Nadu Development Control Rules and Regulation 29(7)(a), which require that layouts exceeding 10,000 square metres reserve 10% of the area as open space for communal and recreational purposes and transfer that land to the local authority free of co…

The Special Land Acquisition Officer appealed against the Karnataka High Court’s dismissal of reference petitions filed under Section 54(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, seeking enhanced compensation for structures on acquired land. The High Court had held that the reference court’s valuation, which fixed a higher…

The appellant, son of the testator, applied for probate of his father's will. The Additional District Judge rejected the application, but the Gauhati High Court, on appeal under Section 299 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, granted letters of administration. The respondents filed a letters‑patent appeal against the H…

The Madhya Pradesh Government issued a notification under Sections 4(1) and 17(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire 2.298 hectares of land in Mandsaur for a "residential" purpose, followed by a declaration under Section 6(1). The respondents challenged the validity of the notification, arguing that it failed…

The Supreme Court dealt with writ petitions filed under Article 32 challenging the acquisition of land previously bought by cooperative housing societies for residential purposes when the area was later notified for the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA). The Court examined the validity of the acquisiti…

The State issued a notification under the West Bengal Land Development and Planning Act, 1948 to acquire land for the "resettlement of immigrants" and later declared the acquisition. The landowners discovered, through internal letters, that the land was actually intended for a hospital for crippled children run by the …

The State of Haryana appealed a High Court order that had declared the acquisition of certain lands to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, on the ground that the subsequent purchasers (respondents) had not bee…

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed a Delhi High Court order that had declared the acquisition of a parcel of land to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The land had an award dated 1992 and physical posse…

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed a Delhi High Court order that declared the acquisition of a parcel of land to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The respondents, who were subsequent purchasers of the …

The Tamil Nadu Housing Board acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and awarded compensation and solatium to Abdul Salam Sarkar (deceased) and others. The claimants sought interest on the solatium, which the reference court had not expressly rejected. The Madras High Court allowed the claim, pending the out…

The State acquired 87.96 acres of agricultural land in villages Pasupula and B. Thandrapadu, about 4 km from Kurnool district headquarters and abutting National Highway 18, for establishing Sri Krishna Devaraya University. The Collector initially awarded Rs 16,000 and Rs 15,000 per acre respectively; the lower courts e…

The appellants challenged the validity of a land acquisition proceeding where the government, invoking urgency, issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on 27 July 1995 and later dispensed with the inquiry required under Section 5‑A by exercising power under Section 17(1). The declarat…

Dharam Pal Goel purchased about one bigha of land in Gurgaon and built a school on it in 1985. The State of Haryana issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire the land for the public purpose of developing sectors, followed by a declaration under Section 6. Goel challenged the …

The Union of India acquired land belonging to B.V. Saroja and another person under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The acquisition notification was issued on 30 March 1972, the award was made on 15 September 1976 and possession taken on 15 October 1976. After the award, the respondents claimed an additional amount unde…

The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) had taken possession of a plot of land on 13 February 2003 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and later deposited compensation in court under Section 30(2) of that Act. The High Court held that the acquisition was deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair …

The appellants' lands were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a gas compressor station, with compensation awarded at Rs. 69 per square metre. They challenged the acquisition and award in a writ petition, which the High Court dismissed on 7 August 2012 but reserved liberty to seek enhanced compensation. A…

The appellants sought re‑determination of compensation under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, filing an application on 31‑12‑1992 based on a 1992 award. While the award was under appeal, the Land Acquisition Collector prematurely decided the application on 25‑10‑2000. After the High Court enhanced compens…

The case concerned the acquisition of 19.87 acres of land in Andhra Pradesh and the award of compensation for the land and palmyrah and cashew trees standing thereon. The Sub‑Judge enhanced the land compensation to Rs 55,000 per acre and increased the per‑tree rates, but retained the original count of 1,000 big and 500…

The appellants, owners of land acquired in Tripura under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, received an award of Rs.12,000 per acre in 1974, which was later enhanced by the Reference Court to Rs.36,000 per acre with a 15% solatium and interest. They appealed to the High Court seeking further enhancement based on a nearby …

The Birla Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mill had earmarked three acres for staff quarters in 1951; after the mill became non‑functional, its employees bought the land for residential use. The land was later included in a planned‑development acquisition under sections 17(1) and 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, wit…

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) sought to acquire 40 guntas of land in Belgaum for a medical research centre, and the Land Acquisition Officer initially fixed compensation at Rs 1,050 per gunta. The reference court enhanced this to Rs 7,000 per gunta, and the Karnataka High Court further raised it to Rs 9…

The State of Haryana acquired about 84 acres of agricultural land for the development of residential and commercial sectors. After a reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the District Judge fixed a uniform compensation of Rs.125 per square yard. The High Court Single Judge reduced this amount to…

The Department of Space (Union of India) sought land in Tamil Nadu for a rocket‑launching station under a notification issued pursuant to Article 258(1) of the Constitution. After the Land Acquisition Officers awarded compensation, owners obtained a reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and the …

The Gujarat government issued a notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire lands for municipal employee housing. After the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (ULCRA) came into force, the landowners filed statements under ULCRA claiming the lands were in excess of the ceiling limit and sough…

The lands were acquired for BPCL under the Jammu & Kashmir Land Acquisition Act, 1990. The landowners challenged the acquisition and, after the 1990 Act was repealed, sought compensation under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (the 2013 Act). …

The Working Friends Cooperative House Building Society challenged the compulsory acquisition of its 14.90 acres of land by the State of Punjab under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, where an award of Rs 35,52,528 was made in 1995 but never paid to the society and was only deposited in the State Treasury. After the Right…

The case concerned a 3,450‑sq‑metre plot (FP No.110) in Pune that was originally reserved for a garden and later for a primary school under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act). After the land was acquired, the developer, who was the son‑in‑law of the then Chief Minister, obtained a developme…

The appellants, owners of agricultural land in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, challenged the State's acquisition of their land for a project of International Tractors Ltd. The State issued a notification under Section 4 and a declaration under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, entered into an agreement with the company…

The appellants, heirs of Ambya Kalya Mhatre, owned land acquired for the New Bombay project and were awarded compensation by the Special Land Acquisition Officer. Dissatisfied, they applied under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a reference to the civil court, initially seeking only an increase for the …

The Supreme Court examined the scope of Section 28‑A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which allows a fresh application for re‑determination of compensation. It considered whether a dismissal of an application under Section 18 on the ground of delay amounts to "not filing an application" within the meaning of Section …

The appellants, owners of land acquired compulsorily, received a notice demanding income‑tax on interest accrued due to delayed payment of compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. They challenged the notice through writ petitions, which the Punjab & Haryana High Court dismissed, holding that such interest is …

The State of Rajasthan acquired 31.28 acres of land for defence purposes, publishing a Section 4(1) notification in the Gazette on 23 March 1977 and taking possession on 19 May 1977. The High Court quashed the notification and the Section 6 declaration, holding that the notice failed to specify whether the land was was…

The Supreme Court considered a dispute arising from a 1961 notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which acquired 1669 bighas of land in Posangipur. The original compensation was Rs 1400/1200 per bigha, later enhanced by the Additional District Judge to Rs 3050 per bigha. The appellants argue…

The appellants' land was acquired in September 1976 and possession was taken on December 16, 1976. Due to litigation, the Land Acquisition Officer could not pass the award until March 22, 1983. The appellants claimed interest at 12% per annum for the delay. The Supreme Court held that under Section 34 of the Land Acqui…

The bench examined whether the additional compensation provision (Section 23(1‑A)) inserted by the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 applies to acquisition proceedings that were pending before the reference court on 24 September 1984, regardless of when the Collector’s award was made. The majority held that Sectio…

The State of Uttar Pradesh and the Meerut Development Authority sought to acquire about 412 acres of arable land on the outskirts of Meerut for a housing scheme, invoking section 17(1) and (4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to dispense with the inquiry under section 5‑A. A notification was issued on 29 April 1980, b…

The case concerned the determination of market value for lands in Rithala village, Delhi, acquired under four notifications of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Delhi High Court had based compensation on Delhi Development Authority (DDA) allotment rates and limited sale deed evidence, awarding Rs.67,536 per bigha for…

The Government of Andhra Pradesh issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire land for a bus‑stand complex, followed by a declaration under Section 6. Several writ petitions were filed challenging the acquisition, and the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC),…

The Ujjain Development Authority acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the acquisition officer initially awarded Rs 27,500 per hectare. The District Judge enhanced the award to Rs 50,000 per hectare with solatium and interest, and the Madhya Pradesh High Court further increased compensation to Rs 1,25,…

The land was acquired by the State in 1959 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and possession was taken in 1975. Subsequent resolutions sought to reconvey portions of the land to R. Hanumaiah, but the Supreme Court held in 2005 that once possession is taken, Section 48 cannot be used to de‑acquire or reconvey the land…

The Supreme Court examined compensation for agricultural lands acquired for Delhi development under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, where the High Court had awarded Rs 3,45,000 per bigha (Rs 345 per sq yard) for Chilla Saroda Bangar. Relying on its earlier judgments in Karan Singh (1997) and Bali Ram Sharma (2004), the…

The Uttar Pradesh government acquired land for a "Transport Nagar" project to alleviate traffic congestion in the National Capital Region. Under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, it invoked Section 17(4) read with Section 5-A, dispensing with the requirement that affected persons file objections under Section 5-A. M/s Sh…

During the severe drought of 1971‑72, the Maharashtra government undertook scarcity‑relief road works, taking land without compensation. In 1991, an agriculturist filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking compensation, alleging a 20‑year delay (laches). The Bombay High Court dismissed the laches defence and grant…

The Anil Agarwal Foundation, a private company at the time of land acquisition, sought 6,000 acres of agricultural land in Odisha to establish a university. The State issued Section 4(1) notifications and proceeded with acquisition despite the company’s conversion to a public company occurring only after the notificati…

The Supreme Court examined whether the Indore Development Authority could lawfully approve Town Development Scheme No. 78 after the earlier Improvement Trust had invited objections under the Trust Act. The Court held that the Authority duly complied with the procedure prescribed by the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram N…

The Union of India sought to set aside an arbitration award that granted damages to Mis. Banwari Lal & Sons for the use of a commercial property requisitioned under the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952. The Act lapsed on 10‑Mar‑1987, after which the Court permitted the Union to remain in p…

The Union of India appealed against the award of compensation under Section 26 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, made in favour of Rattan Singh and others. The High Court had stayed execution of the award, directing the Union to deposit 50% of the enhanced compensation. The Union complied, but the respondents argued t…

The Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited (Corporation) sought compensation for about 13,000 acres of land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for several water and irrigation projects. The Karnataka High Court had enhanced compensation amounts in a series of judgments, but the Supreme Court found that the High C…

The petitioners, owners of 1.52 acres of land, challenged a 1985 acquisition of their land by the State of Tamil Nadu under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Single Judge of the Madras High Court allowed the writ petition and quashed the acquisition but gave no reasons or discussion of the issues. The Division Bench …

The Haryana Government issued a notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire land for an industrial township, after which many landholders sold their land to private builders at inflated prices. The State later dropped the acquisition on 24 August 2007 and again on 29 January 2010, allegedly to benefit …

The case concerned a plot of land that the original owner, R.L. Jain, bought at a public auction on the basis that it lay outside a 1959 preliminary acquisition notification. The government later took possession of the plot in 1961 and awarded compensation, which Jain accepted under protest. He subsequently obtained a …

The appellants challenged the acquisition of about 496 acres of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, claiming the land was "abadi" and therefore exempt under Uttar Pradesh's policy not to acquire village settlements. The Supreme Court in Om Prakash v. State of U.P. directed that the parties make representations u…

The State of Bihar acquired 25 acres of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and awarded compensation equally to four co‑owners, each receiving a one‑fourth share. One co‑owner filed a reference under Section 18 of the Act, leading the civil court to enhance his compensation. The appellant, another co‑owner, did n…

The Supreme Court examined appeals by landowners against a Himachal Pradesh High Court order that reduced compensation for lands acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Collector had originally offered compensation of Rs 14,195 per bigha for Kuhal land and Rs 9,425 per bigha for Katuhal land, while the High …

The appellants, owners of land in Delhi, were dispossessed following a series of notifications and a declaration under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (notifications of 1963, 1968 and 1983). The Supreme Court held that each later notification supersedes the earlier ones and that the 1983 notification and its declaration…

The Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RILLCO) acquired a large tract of land after a Section 4 notification under the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953. The Subhash Sindhi Cooperative Housing Society entered into an agreement to purchase a portion of that land after the notification …

The State of Kerala sought to acquire land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Kerala High Court quashed the Section 6 notification on two grounds: that it was issued more than one year after the Section 4 notification, and that no Section 5A enquiry had been held before the notification. The State argued that th…

The case concerned a land acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 where the notification under Section 4(1) was published in 1965 and the declaration under Section 6 in 1969, but the award of compensation was only made in 1986. The appellants argued that an erratum notice that listed guntha numbers instead of …

The Union of India acquired land under the Requisitioning & Acquisition of Immovable Properties Act, 1952 and offered compensation to the owners, who rejected it, leading to reference to an arbitrator under section 8(1). The arbitrator awarded higher compensation with solatium and interest, and the Punjab & Haryana Hig…

The State of Kerala initiated acquisition proceedings against George Joseph, issuing a notice under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on 26 September 1978. The Collector later made an award on 27 March 1981, and the respondent claimed an additional amount under Section 23(1A) of the Act. The question befor…

The appellant, Savitri Devi, challenged the State of Haryana after her land was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for residential and commercial purposes. Although compensation had been paid and the acquisition became final, the land remained unused, and she sought a plot in lieu of her loss under a governm…

The State acquired 24 acres of land for a police academy, issuing a preliminary notification on 3 Jan 1990 and a final declaration on 10 Jan 1990, and took possession on 18 Sep 1991 under the urgency provision of Section 17. The Land Acquisition Officer failed to pass an award within the two‑year period, and the High C…

The appellant, Sam Hiring Co., a tenant occupying a shed in City Survey No. 56, challenged the acquisition of its premises under the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976, arguing that the structure was an independent, non‑cess‑payable building and therefore exempt from demolition. It also contended that t…

The appellants owned land that was acquired by the Government of Tamil Nadu under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. A notification (Sec. 4) was issued on 24‑12‑1986 and a declaration (Sec. 6) on 23‑12‑1987. The appellants filed writ petitions in 1988 challenging the acquisition; the High Court granted an interim stay of …

The State Government sought to acquire 15 acres of land for a housing scheme for the State Gov't Employees Houseless Harijan Association, a society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act. After a series of notifications under the Land Acquisition Act, the government withdrew the acquisition by issuin…

The landlord (respondent) filed a petition under Section 11(3) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 seeking eviction of the tenant (appellant) on the ground that the premises were required bona fide for his own use, alleging that another property he occupied was under imminent threat of acquisitio…

The appellants, owners of land and structures acquired by the State of Maharashtra under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, challenged the compensation awarded by the reference court, seeking higher rates for both open land and the structures. The High Court upheld the reference court's valuation of Rs.225 per square metr…

M/S. M.S.P.L. Limited and its wholly‑owned subsidiary sought to set up an iron‑ore palletisation plant and an integrated steel plant in Karnataka. The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board, under the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966, acquired 1,034 acres of land after obtaining approvals from the…

The case concerned the acquisition of about 105 acres of land in Manimajra, Chandigarh for the expansion of the Rajiv Gandhi Technology Park (Phase III). The acquisition was approved by the Adviser to the Administrator of the Union Territory based on reports of the Land Acquisition Officer (LAO), which the petitioners …

The appellants, legal heirs of co‑owners of land acquired under a 1990 preliminary notification, claimed compensation for 5,070 sq.m. of tenanted agricultural land. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded Rs 17 per sq.m., split equally between landlords and tenants. The Reference Court raised it to Rs 175 per sq.m., but t…

The Supreme Court examined the compensation payable for land acquired from a tenant who held the land under the Goa, Daman and Diu Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1964. The land was subject to a statutory prohibition under Section 2 of the Goa Land Use (Regulation) Act, 1991, which barred any non‑agricultural use. The Court …

The Union of India acquired land and initially awarded compensation of Rs.2,500 per bigha under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Additional District Judge enhanced the compensation to Rs.5,000 per bigha in December 1973. On further appeal, the Delhi High Court raised the compensation to Rs.12,000 per bigha and grant…

The President of A.P.M.C. appealed to the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court's enhancement of compensation for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The land, about 3 acres, was acquired for a market yard and the acquisition officer had fixed a market value of Re.0.36 per square foot, which the r…

The appellants' land was acquired by the State of Uttar Pradesh under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Special Land Acquisition Officer initially fixed compensation at Rs.50 per square yard, which was later increased to Rs.90 by the reference court. The High Court, after hearing other landowners, fixed a fair compen…

The Secretary of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee appealed a High Court order that reduced the compensation for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The land, measuring 8 acres 7 guntas, was initially valued at Rs.36,000 per acre by the acquisition officer, increased to Rs.4,00,000 per acre by t…

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation submitted a revised development plan under the Bombay Town Planning Act in January 1976. The Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 came into force on 30 January 1978, repealing the Bombay Act and establishing the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) with power…

The Bhatinda Improvement Trust framed a development scheme under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 and published notices under Section 36 in May‑June 1977. A notification sanctioning the scheme under Section 42 was issued on 30 June 1980. Respondents contended that the notification was beyond the three‑year period …

The Union of India appealed against a High Court award that compensated the entire land owned by Sagar Maize Products Ltd. at Rs.19 per square foot for land acquired for a railway line, while the company sought enhancement to Rs.40 per square foot. The Supreme Court examined the methodology used by the Reference Court …

The Tamil Nadu Government acquired 3.90 acres of land for housing, issuing a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded Rs. 1.72 per sq. ft., which the reference court increased to Rs. 17 per sq. ft. based on the land's potential as a residential si…

The appellants challenged the compensation awarded for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The High Court had enhanced the compensation to Rs 3,00,000 per acre based primarily on a sale deed (Exhibit 1) dated 4 Oct 1982, while rejecting another sale deed (Exhibit 2) involving a very small parcel. The Su…