1996 Supreme(Bom) 277
B.P.SARAF, M.S.RANE
Special Land Acquisition Officer (7) Bombay – Appellant
Versus
Vishanji Virji Nepani and others – Respondent
JUDGEMENT - M.S. RANE, J. :---The State through the Special Land Acquisition Officer is the appellants for and on behalf of the acquiring body - the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay in these appeals which are filed under section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act (hereinafter referred to as the said Act for brevity's sake) challenging the common Judgment and decree of the learned Single Judge of this Court passed on 30th October, 1991/3rd March, 1992 in various Land Acquisition References including in the References under the Appeals herein as mentioned in the title, filed under section 18 of the said Act by the respondents - the original claimants. The learned Single Judge by the impugned Judgment enhanced the compensation as also awarded benefits to the claimants under the amended provisions of the said Act. The appellants are challenging the said findings of the learned Single Judge in these appeals. The plot of land under acquisition in both the appeals related to one and the same Notification, the Award passed by the learned Land Acquisition Officer is also common so also the Judgments by the Reference Court. The another common features in both these appeals are that the pl
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