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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
S.MANU, J
STATE OF KERALA – Appellant
Versus
SHAJI S/O SANKARAN NAIR – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. facts relating to land acquisition process. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court's analysis on admissibility of price exemplars. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. arguments from both parties regarding escalations. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. court's focus on escalation for land value assessment. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 5. application of supreme court precedent on escalations. (Para 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 6. final judgment on escalation rate adjustment. (Para 14 , 15) |
JUDGMENT
These appeals are filed by the State against the judgments passed by the Subordinate Judges' Court, Thodupuzha, in a bunch of Land Acquisition References.
2. Various extents of lands were acquired from the respondents in these appeals for widening Thodupuzha- Ramamangalam road. Notification under Section 4(1) of the Kerala Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was published on 3.3.2010. Later, awards were passed by the Special Tahsildar (LA), Thodupuzha under Section 11 of the Act. The claimants were discontented with the awards passed by the Special Tahsildar and hence they sought references. In the references, the court enhanced the compensation and granted other statutory benefits also. Aggrieved by the judgments passed by the reference court, the State approached
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