Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, Section 2(b) -- Civil contempt - Willful disobedience of order of Supreme Court - Land acquisition proceedings - Respondents issued fresh notification consequent to order of Supreme Court - Pursuant to fresh notification, award inquiry was conducted and petitioner filed its claim petition - It cannot be said that respondents have deliberately..........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 18 -- Acquisition of land - Compensation - Fixation of market value in a reference u/s 18(1) of the Act necessarily involves some guesswork - However, guesswork is required to be made by adopting one of well recognized methods such as comparison method or capitalization method...........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 18 -- Acquisition of land - Compensation - Fixation of market value - Category `A' lands were dry lands having frontage on National Highway - Category `B' was of reclaimed lands with road frontage which had access to the river through reclaimed portions - Approach of High Court of fixing market value of Category `B' lands at 52% of..........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 18 -- Acquisition of land - Compensation - Fixation of market value of dry lands - Market value of land subject matter of Exhibit A-4 was Rs.75,000 per are - Reference Court found that land in question was better located than acquired lands, therefore after deducting 20% from rate of Rs.75,000 per are, Reference Court fixed market value..........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 18 -- Acquisition of land - Compensation - Fixation of market value of dry land - Reference Court fixed market of land subject matter of Exhibit A-2, admeasuring 0.80 areas at Rs.40,000 - High Court without recording any reasons brought down the market value to Rs.34,158 per are - Market value of dry land fixed by Reference Court is on..........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 18 -- Acquisition of land - Compensation - Fixation of market value of wet land - Reference Court fixed the market value of wetland at 25% of market value of dry land without recording any reasons - There is no basis for this conclusion as seen from judgment of Reference Court, thus it is not possible to restore the rate fixed by..........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 17(4) -- Acquisition of land - Invocation of urgency clause - When a challenge is made to invocation of power u/s 17(4) of the Act, applicant cannot succeed on bare and bald assertions - On the other hand, existence of exceptional circumstances justifying invoking of S.17(4) of the Act must be established in the wake of a challenge...........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 17(4), 4, 6, 5A -- Acquisition of land - Invocation of urgency clause - Land required for residential cum commercial scheme - Declaration u/s 6 of the Act was issued only on eve of expiry of one year from date on which notification u/ss 4, 17 of the Act was issued - File does not reveal any urgency at all associated with the need to..........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 17(4), 4, 6, 5A -- Acquisition of land - Invocation of urgency clause - Allegation in the writ petition by landlords about lie of property, not denied by authority - Case is finally being disposed of after nearly 12 years - In the meantime, Land Acquisition Act was repealed and Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land..........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 23 -- Acquisition of land - Compensation - Comparable sale deeds - Even a sale deed of comparable sales of small areas also can be considered by giving suitable deductions while fixing market value...........
