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M. S. RAMACHANDRA RAO, SUKHVINDER KAUR
National Highway Authority of India – Appellant
Versus
Resham Singh – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. acquisition of land under national highway act (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 2. landowners' entitlement to compensation and solatium (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 3. court's examination of compensation calculation methods (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36) |
| 4. determination of statutory benefits and interest (Para 37 , 100 , 102) |
| 5. final directions for payments and compensation distribution (Para 106 , 111 , 117) |
JUDGMENT
Mr. M.S. Ramachandra Rao, J.
In this batch of LPAs and Writ Petitions, common questions of law arise and so they are being disposed off by this common order.
A brief overview of the facts
2. The respondents in the LPAs (except LPA-558-2019), the appellants in LPA-558-2019 and the petitioners in the Writ Petitions are land owners whose lands had been acquired under the National Highway Act, 1956 by the National Highway Authority of India (for short 'the NHAI') for the purpose of widening/four-laning of certain National Highways.
3. Thereafter, matters were referred to the concerned District Revenue Officer-cum-Land Acquisition Officer (the Revenue Authority of the State) (h
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