Land Acquisition Act, 1894

The State of Uttar Pradesh sought to acquire 25.89 hectares of agricultural land in Murchha village for the construction of a district jail, issuing notifications under Sections 4 and 17 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on 21 August 2008 and dispensing with the Section 5A hearing on the ground of urgency. The land‑own…

The appellants, land owners, had declared under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 that their land was not surplus because it was already in the possession of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust. The competent authority accepted this and declared them non‑surplus. Subsequent land‑acquisition proceedings were in…

The appellants' lands were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for an "Industrial Focal Point" in Punjab. After a notification on 7 May 1991, they filed objections on 13 June 1991; a Section 6 declaration was made on 18 March 1992 and the award was passed on 15 March 1994. The appellants challenged the acquis…

The State Government sought to acquire premises for a medical college and, after two earlier notifications were quashed by the Calcutta High Court, issued a third notification under Sections 4(1) and 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, dispensing with the inquiry under Section 5‑A on the ground of urgency. The Hig…

The Supreme Court examined the acquisition of over 600 hectares of land in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, where a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act was re‑issued on 21 August 1985, a declaration under Section 6 on 25 July 1986 and an award on 22 July 1988. The High Court had annulled the 1985 notific…

The appellants' land was notified for acquisition under the Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959 in 1975 and a declaration was made in 1984 directing them to surrender possession. They first approached the Calcutta High Court, which was stayed by the Supreme Court on jurisdictional grounds. Possession was taken in 198…

The State of Andhra Pradesh acquired 385.46 acres of land for a reservoir project under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded Rs 1,026 per acre, which the claimants contested, leading the Reference Court to award Rs 6,000 per acre on a yield basis using a 20‑year…

The Union of India, on behalf of a Gaon Sabha, acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and a dispute arose over compensation for land recorded as "gair mumkin pahar". The respondents, Sher Singh and others, claimed they were the Bhumidhars of the land and therefore entitled to compensation, while the Gaon S…

The State issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire 105 acres for defence purposes. The Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded compensation of Rs.30 per square yard, which the civil court later enhanced to Rs.108 per square yard. The respondent appealed, and the High Cour…

The appellant, a partnership holding a water‑supply licence granted under the U.P. Municipalities Act, 1916, asked the Aligarh Municipal Board to revoke its licence so that the Board could purchase the water works. The Board revoked the licence on 1 April 1975 and claimed that the water‑works property vested in it from…

The appellants, owners of land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, were awarded Rs 11,000 per cent as compensation by the Land Acquisition Officer. They contended that a comparable parcel of land (document A‑4) had been sold for Rs 17,250 per cent on 27‑Oct‑1986, and that this sale should be considered for e…

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) acquired a parcel of land in 1977 under the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976, and took possession of it. Seventeen years later, the landowner (respondent No.1) leased part of the land to respondent No.2 and sued for ejectment, obtaining a decree in his favour. BDA, not…

The appellant's land was acquired for the Vengalarayasagar Project under a notification issued on 20 September 1979 pursuant to section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer initially fixed compensation at Rs 10,000 per acre, but the Subordinate Judge, on reference under section 18(1), en…

Vijay Cotton & Oil Mills Ltd. owned 6 acres in Kutch, which the Government of Gujarat took possession of on 19 November 1949 under an agreement to provide equivalent land, but later issued a notification under Section 6(1) of the Land Acquisition Act on 1 February 1955 to acquire the land. The Collector awarded compens…

The petitioners challenged the acquisition of their land by a Gram Panchayat for a school, arguing that the Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) had lost jurisdiction after initially dropping the proceedings due to the Panchayat’s lack of funds. The Supreme Court held that the LAO retained power to reopen the inquiry and mak…

The State of Haryana issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on 22 January 1981 and the Collector made an award on 19 April 1984, dispensing with the enquiry required by Section 5‑A by invoking Section 17(4). The landowners filed a writ petition on 13 May 1985 challenging the notifica…

The Market Committee, Hodal appealed against a High Court order that had set aside a land acquisition award on the ground that the government’s dispensing with the enquiry required under Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was invalid. The award had been made on 19 May 1984, possession taken, and compensation …

The petitioners, owners of land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 as amended by Act 68 of 1984, sought solatium, interest, and an additional amount after the award and supplementary award were made. The Supreme Court examined whether owners who remained in possession of the land were entitled to the statuto…

The appellant, heir of a landowner whose property was taken by the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) for a road scheme in 1970, sought a declaration that the acquisition had lapsed under Section 11‑A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, an alternative plot in lieu of compensation, and damages for the decades‑long delay in a…

The appellant, a lessee of land acquired for a railway project, was denied compensation when the Special Land Acquisition Officer declared a "nil award" on 29‑8‑1994, awarding compensation only to the land owners. A telegram sent on 18‑9‑1994, received on 20‑9‑1994, served as notice under Section 12(2) of the Land Acqu…

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay acquired lease‑hold land of the respondents under Section 126 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act, relying on a 1972 notification that the land was earmarked for extending a sewage purification plant. Before the acquisition proceedings were completed, the…

The State of Kerala acquired 190.37 acres of land from Periyar and Pareekanni Rubbers Ltd. for irrigation and industrial projects under the Kerala Land Acquisition Regulation, 1089. The Collector fixed the market value at very low rates, which the appellant challenged, seeking higher compensation, severance, injurious‑…

The Naihati Municipality resolved to rehabilitate hawkers by acquiring land, but lacked funds, so the hawkers' union contributed Rs 3,90,000 which was deposited with the municipal commissioner and became part of the municipality’s funds. The Government issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Ac…

The petitioners challenged the acquisition of 3,470 acres in Naraina village for the "planned development of Delhi" on the grounds that the land was not required for a public purpose and that the substance of the notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 had not been properly published in the lo…

The State of Tamil Nadu issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire land for a housing scheme of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board, but had not yet prepared a scheme under the Madras State Housing Board Act, 1961. The landowners challenged the notification, arguing that acquisition cou…

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) appealed against a Delhi High Court order that declared the land acquisition proceedings concerning 28 Bigha 8 Biswa of village Sahoorpur to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act, directing the purchaser, Godfrey Phillips (I) Ltd., to pay Rs 16,61,774. The purchaser argue…

The Delhi Administration sought to acquire land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, issuing notices under ss. 4 and 6 and awarding the acquisition in 1987. The original owner’s writ petition was dismissed, and the land was later purchased by the respondent on 25‑Nov‑2011, after the award. The administration deposited…

The appellant, a former Uttar Pradesh judicial officer who retired voluntarily and joined the Central Administrative Tribunal, was subjected to a departmental enquiry for alleged misconduct in awarding excessive compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, allegedly favouring subsequent purchasers. The enquiry found ch…

The petitioners, owners of residential houses in Mukundur village, claimed that seepage from a canal had caused damage to their homes and sought a mandamus directing the Land Acquisition Collector to complete acquisition proceedings as per a government letter. The High Court had ordered the Collector to pass awards, bu…

The case concerned a decree of compensation awarded under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which became final after the claimants failed to appeal. The claimants later sought to amend the decree under Order 47 Rule 1 and Section 151 of the CPC to obtain additional amounts mandated by the amended Act 68 of 1984—specifica…

The Krishi Utpadan Mandi Samiti sought to acquire Plot No. 289 for a market yard and the State issued several notifications under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Earlier notifications were partially quashed by the High Court, but the State later issued fresh notifications in May 1982 invoking Section 17(4) to dispense …

The Union of India issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire about 45 hectares of agricultural land in Nagpur for a defence research project. The Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded compensation per hectare, which was enhanced by the reference court to Rs 6 per square foo…

The appellants, Sukh Dutt Ratra and Bhagat Ram, claimed ownership of land that the Himachal Pradesh government had used to construct the Narag Fagla Road in 1972-73 without initiating any land acquisition proceedings or paying compensation. While neighbouring landowners had later been awarded compensation after court‑o…

The State of Uttar Pradesh issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on 8 January 1980 to acquire 60 plots of land for a market yard, simultaneously exempting the proceedings from Section 5‑A by an order under Section 17(4). A subsequent notification under Section 6 authorised the Colle…

The Supreme Court interpreted Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, which deals with the lapse of land acquisition proceedings initiated under the repealed Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court held that the word 'or' in Section 24(…

Sadhana Chaudhary, a former Additional District Judge of Uttar Pradesh, was dismissed from service on the ground that she had allegedly awarded excessive compensation in two land acquisition cases, which the enquiry committee deemed "shocking blunders" and indicative of extraneous considerations. The High Court upheld …

The appellant, U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishad, challenged the High Court's order quashing a land acquisition notification issued under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The respondent, Smt. Pushpa Lata Awasthi, had purchased the land from the original owner, Chotelal, after the notification was served but before any objec…

The father and elder brother of Ashwani Kumar Dhingra filed a writ petition in 1973 challenging a notification dated 6 August 1973 issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the notification for them, and the State’s letters‑patent appeal was dismissed, bu…

The plaintiff entered into an agreement to sell land with the original vendor in 1981, paid earnest money and was given possession, but the sale deed was not executed before the time limit expired and the land was subjected to a government acquisition. The acquisition was later set aside after the plaintiff’s writ peti…

The State of Tamil Nadu acquired 49.67 acres of land in Porur Village under the Land Acquisition Act and, on 26 February 1964, executed a deed of assignment vesting 46.04 acres in WS Industries (India) Ltd (WSIL) free of encumbrances. The first respondent, R. Perumalswamy, claimed that his father had purchased the land…

The Union of India acquired land in Pondicherry for a university and determined compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Some landowners, dissatisfied with the compensation, obtained a higher award from a civil court under Section 18, after which the Collector re‑determined compensation but refused to pay sta…

The appellant's land was reserved for a primary school under a development plan and a purchase notice was served under Section 49 of the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966. The State Government confirmed the notice and the appropriate authority filed an acquisition proposal within the period prescribed by Sec…

The appellants, owners of plots reserved for roads, voluntarily surrendered their land and constructed the required roads at their own cost. They claimed that, under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act and the Development Control Regulations, they were entitled to additional Floor Space Index (FSI) or Transf…

The appellants, owners of land acquired under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, challenged the compensation awarded by the Special Land Acquisition Officer. The Reference Court enhanced the compensation, granted a 30% statutory solatium under Section 23(2) and an additional amount under Section 23(1A). The G…

The State of Maharashtra acquired 14 acres 9 gunthas of land in Kedgaon, Ahmednagar, for public purposes. The Collector initially awarded compensation of Rs 49,301, which the claimants contested, leading to a reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The reference court fixed a higher compensation o…

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (the Corporation) was authorised under the Petroleum and Minerals Pipeline (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 to lay a pipeline and appointed Mrs. A.R. Gadre, a Special Land Officer of the Corporation, as the competent authority to determine compensation for landowners…

The Supreme Court examined whether 162 acres of land in Kasmandi Khurd, Uttar Pradesh, vested in the State under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 and was subsequently declared a reserved forest under the Indian Forest Act, 1927. It held that the Gaon Sabha had no authority to grant a lease to the…

The Burdwan Development Authority acquired land for a satellite township under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and entered into an unregistered MoA with Bengal Shrachi for public‑private partnership development. The Reference Court enhanced compensation payable to landowners from Rs 5.8 lakh to Rs 35 lakh per acre, prom…

The appellant's land was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the initial market value was fixed by the Collector. After a reference under Section 18, the Reference Court increased the value, but the appellant, who had not made a Section 18 application, sought equal compensation through Section 28A(1) and …

The case concerned lands acquired for the Beas Dam Project that were notified in 1962‑63 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The compensation was fixed using the capitalisation method, multiplying the net annual income of the land by a "years' purchase" multiplier. The Land Acquisition Officer and the District Court …

The Government of Andhra Pradesh acquired a large tract of land in Hyderabad for an integrated infrastructure project, the Financial District, to be implemented by the state nodal agency APllC in partnership with a private company, Emaar. Small landowners challenged the acquisition, alleging it was not for a public pur…

The Bihar State Housing Board acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. A preliminary notification was published in the Gazette on 16‑Mar‑1989, in two newspapers on 29‑Apr‑1989 and locally on 20‑Mar‑1989. The declaration of acquisition was published in the Gazette on 1‑Feb‑1990, in two newspapers on 27‑Feb‑19…

The first respondent claimed to be the transferable owner of a parcel of land and sued to declare the Moradabad Development Authority's (MDA) auction of that land illegal and to restrain dispossession. The trial court dismissed the suit, holding MDA was the lawful owner; the High Court reversed, declaring the auction v…

The Central Government appealed against a High Court order that directed it to pay interest on solatium to Raj Devi from the date she was deprived of possession (16‑06‑1990). The Government argued that, per Gurpreet Singh v. Union of India, interest on solatium could only be awarded from the date of the Supreme Court’s…

The State of Haryana acquired 90.07 acres of land in Shahabad, Kurukshetra under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for urban development. The claimants challenged the compensation awarded by the Reference Court, arguing that the deduction for development charges should be limited because the land lay within already develo…

Indian City Properties Ltd. owned a plot in Mumbai containing a bungalow and several ancillary structures. The Municipal Commissioner issued a notice under Section 299 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 to acquire land within the regular line of a public street, claiming the six ancillary structures were "ot…

The State of Maharashtra acquired lands of the respondents by private negotiations before a Section‑4 notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and later issued a Section‑6 notification. Government resolutions stipulated payment of rental compensation to the title‑holders, but the compensation was not paid or w…

The Indore Development Authority acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and awarded compensation of Rs. 44,000 per hectare. The claimants later obtained enhanced compensation from the civil court and the High Court, the latter relying on certified copies of sale deeds marked under Section 51-A of the Act. T…

The Indore Development Authority sought to acquire 4.85 acres of land under Town Improvement Scheme No. 54 framed under the Madhya Pradesh Town Improvement Trust Act, 1960. The Government sanctioned the scheme and a notification under Section 71(2) of the Act was published on 22 August 1973, which, according to the Sup…

Brij Behari Sahai, a leaseholder of about 42 acres of agricultural land in Allahabad, had his land temporarily occupied by the State for the Kumbh Mela in 1954. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation under Section 35 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and the High Court enhanced the award but refused to gran…

The State of Maharashtra acquired land for a polytechnic college and the Special Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation of Rs 26.25 per square metre. The landowners sought a higher amount by invoking Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and the reference court enhanced the compensation to Rs 85 per squa…

The Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) appealed against the High Court's enhancement of compensation awarded to M.K. Rafiq Saheb for the acquisition of 34 guntas of land. The Supreme Court examined whether the land, though recorded as agricultural, had effectively ceased to be agricultural and could be treated as …

The petitioners challenged the compensation of Rs.4 lakhs per acre awarded for land acquired in Village Sohana under a notification dated 26‑10‑1990, arguing that later compensation amounts (Rs.5.96 lakhs and Rs.8 lakhs per acre) awarded under subsequent notifications should be used to adjust the market value. The Supr…

The appellant, Reddy Veerana, owned a scheduled parcel of land in Noida that was later allotted to DLF and subsequently acquired by the State under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The High Court had fixed compensation at Rs 1,10,000 per square metre (the circle rate) but allowed a 50 % deduction for development charges…

The Aligarh Development Authority (ADA) initiated acquisition of land belonging to Megh Singh under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, invoking the emergency clause and taking possession, but no award was ever passed. Megh Singh challenged the acquisition, and the Allahabad High Court quashed the acquisition on the ground…

The appellants challenged a land acquisition notification issued under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, alleging that despite an award being passed in 2005, they had not received any compensation. The High Court dismissed their writ petition on the ground that the award had already been passed. On appeal, the Supreme Co…

The Supreme Court examined several appeals arising from a common land acquisition notification for a Government Polytechnic in Uttaranchal. It held that the Special Land Acquisition Officer's use of the belting system was improper because the land was uniformly placed and intended for a single purpose, so uniform compe…

The Supreme Court examined the legality of land acquisitions undertaken by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) for the Arkavathi layout, focusing on whether the BDA Act required President's assent, was repugnant to the Land Acquisition Act, and complied with constitutional provisions under Parts IX and IX‑A. The …

The Union of India (respondent) had taken over property for war purposes and later agreed to acquire it, resulting in a compensation award. The Union later sought to withdraw from the acquisition and to set aside the award, which was denied, and subsequently applied for apportionment of its share under Section 30 of th…

The appellants' land was acquired under a notification of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. After the original award, a reference court enhanced compensation for similar lands, and the appellants filed a Section 28‑A reference within three months, which remained pending. The High Court later further enhanced compensation…

In 1952, 1.94 acres of land were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a national highway, of which only 80% was used. The remaining land was sold by the Government in 1979 to the former owner at the compensation rate, an action challenged by writ petitions. The Government relied on an executive order for t…

The appellant, Ashim Ranjan Das, purchased land that had earlier been transferred to two patta holders, Shibu Bodhak and Tapan Malik, after a series of proceedings under the West Bengal Estate Acquisition Act, 1953. The Revenue Officer had earlier cancelled tenancy rights under Section 44(2a), but that order was set as…

The appellants' land was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a tourism development project, and an award of Rs.300 per acre was initially made. The Reference Court enhanced the compensation to Rs.650 per acre, noting that the land had been converted to non‑agricultural use and had future tourism potential…

The appellants challenged the acquisition of land for the Prem Nagar Metro station, arguing that the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978, being a special law, should exclusively govern such acquisitions and that the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, was impliedly repealed. The respondents contended that the auth…

The State of Andhra Pradesh sought to acquire land for the Outer Ring Road (ORR) project around Hyderabad and Secunderabad. After objections that the original western alignment would cut through water bodies and require extensive rock cutting, an alternative alignment through Narsingi and Poppalguda villages was adopte…

The Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad (the Board) sought to acquire land covered by Khasra No. 673 for a housing scheme, but the High Court quashed the acquisition on the ground that the respondents were not given a pre‑acquisition notice under Section 29 of the 1965 Act, denying them the right to object. The Supr…

The Bihar Finance Service H.C. Cooperative Society Ltd. sought land acquisition for housing its members, leading to a declaration and award under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The High Court quashed the declaration and remitted the matter for further inquiry, but the Supreme Court later directed the High Court to rel…

The State of Haryana acquired 319.31 acres of agricultural land in five villages for the Faridabad Gas Power Project of NTPC. The Collector awarded compensation, which the landowners sought to enhance under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, while NTPC sought a reduction. The High Court affirmed the referenc…

The appellants, heirs of the deceased Pitambar Hemlal Badgujar, challenged the compensation awarded by the Sub‑Divisional Officer for two parcels of land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a market committee. The acquisition notifications dated 30 October 1965 and 11 March 1971 resulted in compensation f…

The State of Orissa acquired about 120 decimals of land in Bhubaneswar for a road extension under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The landowner, Rajakishore Das, constructed a building on the land without obtaining municipal permission, despite knowing that the land was subject to acquisition. After the acquisition awa…

The Agra Development Authority (respondent No.2) took forcible possession of the appellants' land on 31 August 2000 without invoking the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. The appellants filed a civil suit for injunction, and the court ordered the authority to pay compensation of Rs.17,84,974.50 within two months,…

The appellant corporation acquired agricultural land jointly held by a family for a hydro‑electric project under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and formulated a Resettlement and Rehabilitation Scheme for land‑less families. One brother obtained a land‑less certificate and was granted all benefits under the…

Mish. Jai Durga Finvest Pvt. Ltd. obtained a mining lease for mineral sand in the Bega Murtha zone of Haryana and entered into an agreement containing clauses requiring payment of compensation to land owners (clause 9) and obligating the State to determine such compensation (clause 27). The land owners refused compensa…

Around 300 acres of agricultural land in Belgaum were requisitioned in 1942 for an Air Force station. The acquisition notification was issued only in 1983 and the Land Acquisition Officer fixed compensation at Rs.6,000 per acre, which the civil court enhanced to Rs.70,400 per acre using a hypothetical layout method. Th…

The appellants, heirs of a plot of land in Borivali, challenged the reservation of their land for a municipal office under a Town Planning Scheme prepared under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act). After the scheme was finalized, an arbitrator determined compensation, which was paid, and the…

The Government of India acquired land for firing ranges and awarded compensation to landholders, who then sought a reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Reference Court enhanced the compensation, but both the landholders and the Union of India appealed to the High Court. The High Court dismi…

The State acquired 2.8 hectares of land for a market and fixed a compensation award of Rs.45,08,111. Several claimants, including P.K. Sreekantan, filed applications under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 seeking a reference to a court for enhancement of compensation. The Reference Court, however, also rule…

The State acquired certain agricultural land of the respondent under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in 1983 and made an award in 1987. The reference court fixed compensation based on the land's yield, applying a multiplier of 16, which the Orissa High Court affirmed. The State appealed, arguing that old…

The Union of India acquired about 1230.8 acres of land in Bhatinda, Punjab under Section 8 of the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952 for defence purposes, and an arbitrator determined compensation in an award dated 19 January 1985. The landowners filed a writ petition in the Punjab & Haryana…

The New Riviera Co‑op Housing Society appealed against the Special Land Acquisition Officer after the land on which its flats stood was acquired for a public purpose under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. An award was made and compensation of Rs.13,11,299 was paid, but the society filed a reference under Section 18 disp…

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) appealed a Delhi 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. The original writ petitioner, Damini Wadhwa, re…

The appellant's 3.10 acres of land were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a canal project. In addition to the compensation for the land, the appellant claimed Rs 6,46,579.95 for a water reservoir and sluice gate, though an earlier claim of only Rs 25,000 had also been made. The Land Acquisition Officer …

The Union of India sought to acquire 130 acres 19 guntas of land in Survey No. 249 for a railway project under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The railway later withdrew its proposal, and the respondents challenged the acquisition, arguing that the earlier High Court had set aside eviction proceedings and that they wer…

The appellants, owners of land in Surat, challenged the acquisition of their property for a vegetable market initiated by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) under Section 78 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949. They argued that the later Gujarat Agricultural Produce Market Act, 1963, a special …

The Union of India sought to acquire two bighas of land in Siraspur and Libaspur for shifting the timber market under the Delhi Master Plan 2001. The acquisition was effected by a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, with the enquiry under Section 5A dispensed with by invoking the urgency …

The case concerned the interpretation of Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 as amended by the 1984 Amendment Act, particularly its prospective operation, the definition of “aggrieved person”, the computation of the three‑month limitation period, and whether awards of higher compensation by civil courts or ap…

The State of Maharashtra sought to acquire land in Asarjan village under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. After issuing notifications under Sections 4 and 6, several landowners filed writ petitions challenging the acquisition. The High Court granted interim stays in writ petitions 7867/2012, 3051/2013 and 3159/2013, res…

The subject land was originally evacuee property that was acquired by the Central Government under Section 12 of the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 and placed in the compensation pool. It was subsequently auctioned to the respondents, who obtained provisional possession and later a sale c…

The dispute concerned a tract of shamilat pasture land used by the village community of Majra Dughe for grazing. The land, originally vested in the Gram Panchayat under the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, later fell under the Himachal Pradesh Village Common Lands Vesting and Utilization Act, 1974, w…

The appellants, owners of agricultural land in Jharoda Kalan, New Delhi, challenged the compensation awarded for land acquired under a 1982 notification. After successive awards by the Land Acquisition Collector (Rs 5,800‑2,400 per bigha), the Reference Court (Rs 9,750 per bigha) and the High Court (Rs 11,500 per bigha…

The appellants, owners of agricultural land in Ghewra village, challenged the compensation awarded for land acquired for a bottling plant, arguing that the market value fixed by the High Court was too low and that three sale deeds had been ignored. The High Court, relying on its earlier decision in Ranjit Singh v. Unio…

The appellants' land was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and a District Judge fixed compensation at Rs.267 per square yard with solatium. The respondent (Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority) appealed the award, and the appellants filed cross objections under Order 41 Rule 22 of the CPC seeking …

The appellant owned land that was acquired by the state and an award was passed on 30‑11‑1987. A notice under Section 12(2) of the Land Acquisition Act was sent on 04‑12‑1987 but the award itself was not attached. The appellant received a certified copy of the award only on 03‑02‑1988 and filed a reference for enhancem…

The case concerned the acquisition of land in Pune for the extension of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) market yard, designated for a "Bamboo Trade and Flea Market". The land owners and Mutha Associates failed to object during the planning and acquisition stages and only challenged the award after poss…

The State of Tamil Nadu issued a notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire land for establishing a taluk office, sub‑treasury and a college of music. The petitioners challenged the acquisition, arguing that the proposed public purpose was no longer required and that suitable land nearer to the intend…

The appellant, a landowner, challenged the compensation awarded for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a housing scheme. The acquisition officer had initially fixed the market value at Rs. 92 per cent, which the civil court enhanced to Rs. 800 per cent on reference under Section 18. The High Court a…

The Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), a statutory corporation under the Oil and Natural Gas Commission Act, 1959, supplied natural gas to certain Gujarat industries under contracts whose prices were based on thermal equivalence with alternate fuels. The respondents, forming an association of gas‑consuming industri…

The State acquired land in 1982 for a road and paid compensation to certain owners, but the appellant claimed that his plots were taken without any legal acquisition. After a complaint to the Lokayukta was dismissed as time‑barred, he filed a writ petition in 2000 seeking acquisition of the disputed land and compensati…

The Supreme Court heard a civil appeal concerning whether claimants were entitled to the enhanced solatium under Sections 23(1‑A), 23(2) and 28 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in view of Section 30 of the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984. The land was acquired after notifications in 1965 and 1966 and the Colle…

The case concerned appeals arising from a land acquisition proceeding under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, where the claimants sought compensation and the Union of India contested the percentage of deduction for development costs. The High Court had segregated the appeals of the land owners from those of the acquiring…

The case concerned land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for the Sriram Sagar Project. After the award of compensation was made on 22 November 1965, the claimants received the payment without protest. They later filed a writ petition alleging that a reference under Section 18 of the Act had not been made a…

The respondents, liquidators of the former West Bengal Provincial Company Ltd., challenged the State's acquisition of about 30 miles of land for a railway line, arguing that the vesting under the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 did not apply to non‑agricultural land and that the Collector's failure to take po…

The petitioner, L.N. Venkatesan, challenged land acquisition proceedings that began with a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (published 11‑June‑1975) and a declaration under Section 6 (published 3‑March‑1978). He obtained interim court orders in 1982 and 1986 that restrained the Land Acq…

The appellant, Mahesh Dattatray Thirthkar, owned land acquired by the State of Maharashtra for a medium project. The Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded Rs.40,226 as compensation, which the Reference Court enhanced to Rs.83,000. The State appealed, and the High Court reduced the award back to Rs.40,226, finding …

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation initiated land acquisition under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act (MRTP Act) and the Land Acquisition Act. After the acquisition, the Central Act 68 of 1984 amended the Land Acquisition Act, adding benefits such as interest on compensation and increased solatiu…

Walchandnagar Industries Ltd. owned a township served by a private trolley line. When the Ujjani Dam project submerged part of the line, the company claimed compensation for the loss of rails and sleepers, rolling stock and the increased cost of road transport, invoking the "severance" and "injurious affection" provisi…

The Union requisitioned land in Malad, Mumbai in 1943 for defence purposes, partially de‑requisitioned in 1949, and later issued a Section 4(1) notification in 1975 acquiring the remaining portion, with a declaration in 1978 and a draft award in 1986. The respondents filed a writ petition in 2002 alleging that the stat…

The Karnataka Housing Board acquired 127 acres of land in Gadag-Betegeri for a housing project and awarded compensation of Rs.45,000 per acre. The landowners challenged the award, and the Reference Court fixed compensation at Rs.2,17,372 per acre based on an auction sale of a nearby 329 sq.m plot (Ex. P‑2). The High Co…

The appellant, Hasmukhrai Mehta, owned land in Village Sheel, Raigad, which was originally included in a 1977 residential development plan. In 1999 the land was re‑designated for an Agricultural Produce Market Yard and a truck terminal, and the appellant served a purchase notice under Section 49 of the Maharashtra Regi…

The appellants owned land that had been reserved for a public garden under a development plan notified in 1966 and continued under a revised plan in 1987. They served a notice under Section 127 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act in 1989, seeking acquisition, but the notice was issued only two years after…

The State of Andhra Pradesh acquired five acres of land in 1978 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. After a series of writ petitions and appeals, the parties entered into a Memorandum of Settlement (MOU) in 1992, stipulating that compensation determined by a Subordinate Judge must be paid within eight weeks, otherwis…

The petitioners, landowners, sought redetermination of compensation under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, filing applications after a later award by the Reference Court. The Land Acquisition Collector rejected the petitions, holding that the three‑month limitation period must be computed from the earlie…

The State of Gujarat reserved land for public purposes under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 and published a final development plan on 3 March 1986. The ten‑year period for acquisition expired on 2 March 1996, but a draft revised plan was issued on 20 February 1996. Landowners served notices u…

The Amar Nath Ashram Trust Society, which runs a public school, sought land adjacent to its premises for a playground. The Uttar Pradesh Government acquired the land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Part VII (company acquisition), issuing a Section 4 notification and a Section 6 declaration, with the entire cost t…

The Supreme Court dealt with a long‑standing dispute involving tribal landowners whose lands were acquired by the government in the late 1980s for coal mining by Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL). The key issues were the applicable law for compensation and rehabilitation, the cut‑off date for valuation, the relevance of t…

The State of Uttar Pradesh leased a 5‑acre government parcel for 50 years in 1887 with a covenant allowing the lessee to renew for another 50 years. The original lessee transferred his interest to Lalji Tandon, who, as assignee, exercised the renewal option and obtained a fresh lease on 20‑Feb‑1945 that incorporated al…

The petitioners challenged a notification dated 27 January 1984 issued by the Lt. Governor of Delhi for acquiring about 3,550 hectares of land for the planned development of Delhi. The question before the Supreme Court was whether the Lt. Governor, as the "appropriate Government" under section 4(1) of the Land Acquisit…

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) acquired land for the Koramangala layout under the Mysore/Land Acquisition Acts, paid compensation and took possession. The predecessor Board of Trustees (CITB) passed a 1972 resolution to re‑convey 6 acres 20 guntas to R. Hanumaiah, subject to the withdrawal of compensation, w…

The Supreme Court examined whether the Karnataka (Mysore) Land Acquisition (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1961 was repugnant to the central Land Acquisition Act, 1894 as amended in 1984, and whether a Special Deputy Commissioner could issue a acquisition notification without prior approval of the State Government as re…

The State of Karnataka issued a Section 4(1) notification on 28‑11‑1987 (published 23‑2‑1988) indicating its intention to acquire land for housing. A declaration under Section 6(1) was made on 22‑2‑1989, within one year of the Section 4 publication, and was later published in the Official Gazette on 9‑3‑1989. The petit…

The Union of India appealed against judgments that applied the Madishetti Bala Ramul decision, which interprets the Land Acquisition Act, to disputes under the National Highways Act, 1956. The Supreme Court examined whether the award under the Land Acquisition Act, deemed a government offer under Section 25, could be c…

The Supreme Court examined the compensation payable for the acquisition of 33 acres 84 cents of agricultural land in West Godavari district for FCI godowns. The Land Acquisition Officer had fixed Rs 32,500 per acre, which was enhanced by a Subordinate Judge to Rs 90,000 per acre, a decision later set aside by the Andhr…

The appellant's 60 bighas of land, requisitioned in 1959 under the Assam Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1948 for settlement of Bangladesh refugees, was compensated at Rs. 300 per bigha under Section 7(1A). The appellant argued that the land, originally granted in 1872 for "special cultivation," should attract …

The State Government acquired land in Pimpri‑Chinchwad for a public development project and, after a series of litigations, partially released part of the land while retaining the remainder. The retained portion was taken into possession by the Special Land Acquisition Officer in 2000, vesting the land absolutely in th…

In 2008 the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) issued a scheme and preliminary notification under Section 17 of the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 to acquire land for civic amenities. Five years later, landowners filed writ petitions alleging that the BDA and the State Government had failed to issue a fin…

The appellants owned land that the Uttar Pradesh government sought to acquire for the construction of a district jail. The State invoked Sections 17(1) and 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to dispense with the hearing provision of Section 5‑A, claiming urgency. The High Court upheld the State's action, but the S…

The appellant, Sulochana Chandrakant Galande, challenged the acquisition of her land by the State under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, arguing that the land was not within urban limits at the Act's commencement and that the later repeal of the Act should invalidate the acquisition. The Supreme Court…

The Special Land Acquisition Officer appealed against the Karnataka High Court’s modification of the compensation awarded to the petitioners for acquired land. The High Court reduced the compensation per acre but the Supreme Court affirmed the award and further granted enhanced solatium at 15% and interest at 6% on the…

The appellants, land owners, challenged the State of Bihar’s acquisition of their land under the urgency provision of Section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, alleging that no award had been made despite a High Court direction in 1988 to do so within four months. The State argued that Section 17 allowed possession…

The State of Maharashtra took possession of the appellant's land in 1998 for a flood protection wall and later issued acquisition notifications under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Special Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation in 2000, and the State paid rental compensation based on that award. The referen…

The Punjab Government issued notifications under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act to acquire 9,354 acres for the proposed new town of Anandgarh. Writ petitions challenged the acquisition, arguing that the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995 required the Board constituted under Section 3 to …

The Chandigarh Administration issued notifications under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire lands in Mani Majra for Scheme Nos.2 and 3, which the petitioners challenged on the ground that the acquisition was not for a "building scheme" under Section 192 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911. The Supreme…

The case concerned allotments of land acquired under the 1894 Land Acquisition Act and the applicability of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973. The State Government, acting as a revisional authority, directed the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) to allot land to both Manohar Lal and Ugrasen…

The Supreme Court examined the acquisition of 71 acres of land by the Andhra Pradesh government for a private cooperative housing society that intended to develop plots for its members. The government had issued a notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, contributed a token amount from public funds, and decla…

The appellants owned land that was acquired by the Hubli Dharwar Municipal Corporation for its own purposes. A reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was made to a civil court for determination of compensation, but the court proceeded without serving notice to the corporation as required by Sectio…

The appellants, landowners in Dharuhera village, Haryana, challenged the compensation awarded for their lands acquired under a 2008 notification of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, arguing that it should be enhanced to match the higher compensation granted for adjoining villages (Malpura and Kapriwas) acquired under a l…

The appellant, Chairman, Neyveli Lignite Corp., acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and paid compensation to the respondent, C. Govinda Pada Yachi, as determined by the Collector and later enhanced by a reference court. The High Court directed the appellant to deposit the enhanced amount, allowing the re…

Ahuja Industries Ltd purchased a parcel of land but its title was not entered in the revenue records. The Karnataka government acquired the land for industrial development under the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966, issuing a preliminary notification under Section 28(1) on 3 Oct 1997 and gazetting it on…

The Indore Development Authority (IDA) prepared Scheme No. 97 under the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973 and published the final scheme on 8 June 1984. Within three years it negotiated with landowners, failed, and then sought acquisition of the land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, leading to…

The appellants, owners of approximately 160 kanals of land in Jagadhri, Haryana, challenged the State's failure to make a compensation award within two years of the declaration under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, arguing that the statutory lapse under Section 11A amounted to a withdrawal from acquisition under Sectio…

Sonapur Tea Company owned a 1,617‑bigha tea estate in Kamrup, Assam that was requisitioned by the Union Defence Department under the Defence of India Act, 1962. After a portion was de‑requisitioned, the remaining estate was deemed requisitioned under the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952 (S…

The Madhya Pradesh Town Improvement Trust acquired 152 acres of land, including 12.62 acres owned by Suresh Kumar, under Section 68 of the Town Improvement Trust Act. The Trust offered compensation that the appellant challenged, leading the Compensation Tribunal to award modest sums and the High Court to raise the land…

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) filed a miscellaneous application seeking clarification on whether the Supreme Court's 2019 judgment in Union of India v. Tarsem Singh, which mandated payment of solatium and interest to landowners whose land was acquired under the NHAI Act, should operate only prospectiv…

The dispute arose from a land acquisition notification where the original compensation award was Rs.24,033 per bigha. The respondents did not file an application under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, but later a reference was made and a Lok Adalat, under Section 20 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, p…

The appellants owned plots that were initially reserved for public purpose under a Draft Development Plan (1971) and later under Town Planning Scheme III (1976). After ten years elapsed from the final Development Plan coming into force, they served a notice under Section 127 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Plannin…

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) acquired land from the respondents, who voluntarily surrendered it on 31 May 2001 under the Incentive Rules of 1989. All acquisition formalities, including compensation, were completed before the Amended Incentive Rules came into force on 27 November 2002. The respondents filed…

The Delhi government sought to acquire 80 bighas 15 biswas of land, including 21 bighas 3 biswas belonging to the appellants, for a 400/220 KV electric sub‑station. It invoked Sections 17(1) and 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, dispensing with the hearing provisions of Section 5A(2) on the ground of urgency lin…

The appellants' lands were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for the development of a city and HUDA formulated a scheme to allot plots to the land losers at "normal allotment rates". The appellants applied for allotment in 1990 and were later allotted plots, but HUDA charged them the revised 1993 rate inste…

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed a Delhi High Court order that had 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, based on the fact that compensation had not been paid. The…

The dispute concerned lands in Chattarpur, Delhi acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, later governed by the 2013 Act. The High Court held that the acquisition had lapsed under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act because possession had not been taken and compensation, though deposited in court, was not tendered. The…

The Delhi government had taken possession of land on 3 December 2012 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and sent the compensation award to the Reference Court on 28 October 2014. The Delhi High Court held that, because the compensation was not tendered before the 2013 Right to Fair Compensation Act came into force, t…

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed a Delhi High Court order that declared land acquisition proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 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 n…

The Delhi High Court had held that land acquisition proceedings under the 1894 Act were deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, because possession of the land had not been taken. The Supreme Court examin…

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed a Delhi High Court order that declared land acquisition proceedings under the 1894 Act to have lapsed under section 24(2) of the 2013 Act because compensation was not tendered to the original writ petitioner, who was a subsequent purchaser. The land in question had been possessed…

The Government of NCT of Delhi appealed against a Delhi High Court order that declared the land acquisition proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The Supreme C…

The petitioners purchased land that had been subject to a Section 4 notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, while the de‑notification of that acquisition was under appeal before the Supreme Court. The Court held that a purchaser after such a notification cannot challenge the acquisition and, under the doctri…

The appellant, owner of land reserved for a college under a development plan, sought release of the land after the college was disaffiliated. The land had not been acquired within the ten‑year period prescribed by Section 127 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966, nor were any acquisition steps taken …

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had taken possession of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, but compensation had not been paid to the owners. The Delhi High Court held that the acquisition had lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation …

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had taken possession of land in 2006 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, but had not yet paid compensation to the owners. The Delhi High Court held that the acquisition had lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabili…

The appellants' ancestral land was notified for acquisition in 1964, but the acquisition proceedings lapsed while the State took possession and handed it over to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation without paying compensation. The appellants filed a writ petition seeking compensation, which the High Cour…

The appellants owned 1.45 acres of land on which they had raised the level, built a structure and operated a saw‑mill that was their sole livelihood. The Tamil Nadu Government, acting on a requisition by Cholan Roadways Corporation Ltd., issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and lat…

The Lucknow Development Authority acquired a large tract of land for a housing scheme and the Special Land Acquisition Officer fixed its market value at Rs.2.20 per sq. ft., later increased to Rs.6 per sq. ft. by the acquisition tribunal after considering sale deeds of small plots. The landowners appealed, claiming the…

The Special Land Acquisition Officer appealed against a compensation order awarded to Siddappa Ujanappa Iviadar, challenging the applicability of Sections 23(1‑A), 23(2) and 28 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 as amended by the 1984 Amendment Act. The Court observed that the questions raised had already been decided b…

The appellants, owners of land in Mumbai, challenged the municipal corporation’s acquisition of their property for a link road, arguing that the road could only be built after amending the Development Plan under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act (MRTP Act). The High Court upheld the acquisition, holding that t…

The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority and the State of West Bengal sought compensation for three parcels of land (two agricultural and one marsh) acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The respondents challenged the award, arguing that the valuation should be based on recent sales of nearby beel plots,…

The Allahabad Development Authority had acquired 23 bighas 19 biswas of land for a Transport Nagar Scheme by issuing a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and taking possession on 2 November 1977 under Section 17(4). The acquisition was later declared to have lapsed under Section 11-A of t…

The Union of India and another party, as tenants of a plot in Worli Estate, challenged a compensation award made by the Special Land Acquisition Officer under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. They argued that the award of Rs. 8300 per square foot was excessive and that, as tenants, they were entitled to pro‑rata compens…

The case concerned a piece of land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a public purpose. After the acquisition, a dispute arose over who was entitled to receive the compensation. The single judge had declared the title in favour of the petitioner and the division bench directed a civil court to determine …

The petitioners challenged the acquisition of land by the State of Maharashtra under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act and the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, arguing that surplus land should be returned to them based on a government resolution. The land had been taken in 1974, an award was made in 1977, and after…

After the completion of the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar dams, the Madhya Pradesh government initiated land acquisition for canal construction under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Medha Patkar and other petitioners challenged the acquisition, arguing that the Command Area Development (CAD) plans had not been submitted…

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) sought compensation for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, while the original landowners had filed claims for Rs.4,000 per square yard. During the proceedings the landowners executed assignment deeds transferring their compensation rights to assignees (S.S. Aggarwa…

The Supreme Court examined a dispute arising from the acquisition of land for a road project in Himachal Pradesh, where possession was taken in 1968 but formal acquisition under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was delayed. A 1985 public‑interest writ directed the State to complete acquisition and to pay the…

The Oxford English School challenged the acquisition of its land by the Government of Tamil Nadu. A notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was published on 8 September 1982 and a declaration under Section 6 was issued on 19 December 1983 (published 15 February 1984). The school obtained a sta…

The appellants' land in Shahibabad Daulatpur village was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The acquisition officer initially fixed compensation at Rs 13,000 per bigha (Block A) and Rs 6,000 per bigha (Block B). The Reference Court enhanced it to Rs 17,500–18,000 per bigha, and the Delhi High Court further …

The Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIDC) sought review of a Supreme Court judgment that fixed compensation for land acquired for an industrial township, alleging that the market value was based on a fraudulent sale deed (Exhibit P1) between two companies allegedly under common management and that th…

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) sought arbitration under the National Highways Act for compensation relating to land acquisition, resulting in an arbitral award on 03‑02‑2022. Both parties filed applications under Section 33 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, which were dismissed by the arbit…

The Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) widened public streets and acquired portions of land under sections 298 and 299 of the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888. The Commissioner offered Rs 80 per square yard as compensation, which the owners rejected; the Court of Small Causes awarded market‑value compensation of …

The appellant, the Executive Engineer, had taken possession of land belonging to the respondents on 3 June 2001, but the preliminary notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was issued only on 30 December 2006. The respondents claimed compensation, rent, and interest for the period before the n…

The appellants, owners of a stud farm and agricultural land, challenged the re‑acquisition of their 52.74 acres by the State of Haryana, arguing that the land had already been released and that the State’s decision to re‑acquire it violated Sections 5‑A and 6(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the constitutional …

The Supreme Court heard an appeal by special leave against a Punjab & Haryana High Court order dismissing a writ petition that challenged the Ludhiana Improvement Trust's land acquisition. The Trust had issued notifications under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 (equivalent to Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition …

The petitioners sought additional compensation for land acquired under a 1971 notification after a High Court enhanced the award for other claimants to Rs.135 per square yard. The petitioners had earlier obtained a reference under Section 18 and an enhancement under Section 26, but they did not appeal to the High Court…

The appellant owned 30.1 acres of land in Survey No. 166 that was acquired in 1981 for a railway line under a notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded compensation of Rs.454 per are for wet land and Rs.2,137 per are for dry land, which the …

The appellant, D.B. Basnett, claimed that the State of Sikkim had illegally occupied his 7.07‑acre land without complying with the procedural requirements of the Sikkim Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1977. The State contended that it had paid compensation of Rs.62,645 in 1980 and therefore possessed the land l…

The State of Himachal Pradesh acquired land for a road widening project and, to expedite the process, entered into negotiated settlements for compensation. A Negotiated Award dated 11‑09‑2008 fixed the land value and barred any enhancement under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, while a Supplementary Negotiated A…

The Supreme Court heard appeals by Nelson Fernandes and others against the Bombay High Court’s order that reduced the compensation for land acquired for the Konkan Railway and rejected compensation for trees. The appellants argued that the High Court improperly rejected the government‑approved valuer’s report, applied …

The Bangalore City Cooperative Housing Society sought acquisition of 207 acres of land for a housing scheme, entering into an agreement with the State Government and an estate agent who was paid over Rs 5 crores to secure the acquisition. The High Court quashed the acquisition, holding that no housing scheme had been f…

The appellant, owner of two plots of land, challenged the acquisition of his land under the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966, alleging that the land lay outside the Framework Agreement and that the acquisition was invalid because no award was made within two years as required by Section 11A of the Land …

The Karnataka government issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in 1984 to acquire land for a housing scheme of Vyalikaval House Building Co‑op. Society. The society and the State later declared the acquisition under Section 6 and passed an award, taking possession of the land by 1992. …

The appellant Surendra Kumar purchased 25.12 acres of land in 1961 in his name, with his grandfather acting as guardian, and the land was later acquired by the government for an industrial area. An award under Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 granted compensation to the appellant, but the respondents, membe…