Horrmal (Deceased) through his LRs. vs State of Haryana

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2024 Supreme(SC) 951

SURYA KANT, K. V. VISWANATHAN
Horrmal (Deceased) through his LRs. – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Tishampati Sen, Adv. Ms. Riddhi Sancheti, AOR Mr. Anurag Anand, Adv. Mr. Mukul Kulhari, Adv. Ms. Rakhi Ray, AOR Mr. Ajay Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ashok Anand, AOR Mr. Bipin Bihari Singh, Adv. Mr. Raunaq Dalal, Adv. Mr. Surjo Seth, Adv. Mr. Deepkaran Dalal, AOR Mr. A. Venayagam Balan, AOR Mr. Gaurav Pal, Adv. Mr. Puneet Thakur, Adv. Mr. Dipak Kumar Jena, AOR Mr. Prasanna Kumar Pahri, Adv. Mr. R.K. Poswal, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Mittal, AOR Mr. Abhijee Varshney, Adv. Mr. Deepak Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Darshan Sejwal, Adv. Mr. Sumit K Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Shilpa G Mittal, Adv. Mr. Devesh Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Narender Singh Dalal, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Nayak, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kulhare, Adv. Mr. Nidhi Dalal, Adv. Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv. Ms. Rachana Dalal, Adv. Ms. Sweta Kadyan, Adv. Mr. Md. Faizan Danish, Adv. Mr. Silpi S. Swain, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Tyagi, Adv. Mrs. Ankita Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sharad Mrinal, Adv. Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Chandan Mishra, Adv. Mr. Baibhaw Gahlaut, Adv. Mrs. Minati Senapati, Adv. Ms. Sai Suman, Adv. Mr. Krishan Maurya, Adv. Mr. Gagan Singh Parmar, Adv. Mr. Raja Panda, Adv. Mr. S.K. Pabbi, Adv. Ms. Disha Singh, Adv. Mr. Shivendu Gaur, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Somvir Singh Deswal, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Deswal, Adv. Mr. Nischal Kumar Neeraj, AOR Mr. Davesh Bhatia, AOR Mr. Pardeep Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Mahima Benipuri, Adv. Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Ms. Alka Goyal, Adv. Ms. Archana Preeti Gupta, Adv. Mr. Aditya Goyal, Adv. Mr. Jitesh Malik, Adv. Mr. Jation Hooda, Adv. Ms. Anisha Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv. Mr. B C Bhatt, Adv. Ms. Monica Goel, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Rakesh Dahiya, AOR Mr. Aakash Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Aditya Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Vikram Gulia, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Sharma, Adv. Mr. R N Mahlawat, Adv. Mr. Aditya Singh, AOR Mr. Shubham Singh, Adv. Mr. Kamal Kishor, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gagan Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ananta Prasad Mishra, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, AOR Mr. Keshav Mittal, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Fateh Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Ojha, Adv. Mr. R.K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Parminder Singh Bhullar, AOR

JUDGMENT :

SURYA KANT, J.

1. Delay condoned.

Leave granted.

2. These appeals are preferred by the expropriated landowners (hereinafter ‘Appellants’) impugning the judgement dated 23.08.2022 passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh (hereinafter ‘High Court’), whereby their appeals seeking further enhancement in compensation for their acquired lands, have been dismissed. As a necessary corollary, the High Court has allowed the cross appeals filed by the Respondent State, challenging the enhancement in compensation made by the Reference Court. Consequently, the Awards passed by the Reference Court have been set aside and the compensation as was granted by the Land Acquisition Collector (hereinafter ‘LAC’) has been restored.

A. FACTS

3. The instant dispute regarding the grant of just and fair compensation originated with the issuance of a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter ‘1894 Act’) on 11.02.2011, for the acquisition of approximately 302.75 acres of land by the Respondent State. This land, including the Appellants’ lands, is situated in the revenue estate of Tauru village in Mewat District. The acquisition process was initiated for

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2024 Supreme(SC) 951

SURYA KANT, K. V. VISWANATHANHorrmal (Deceased) through his LRs. – AppellantVersusState of Haryana – Respondent

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SURYA KANT, K. V. VISWANATHAN
Horrmal (Deceased) through his LRs. – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent