Mokhtar Sidin HMR:

Prinsip-prinsip imtuk memberikan pampasan kepada pengambilan-pengambilan tanah terdapat di dalam Jadual Pertama kepada Akta Pengambilan Tanah 1960 (Akta 486) di mana dinyatakan bahawa pampasan hendaklah mengikut harga pasaran (market value) tanah tersebut semasa tanah itu digazetkan untuk diambil. Apakah pengertian harga pasaran ini telah dihuraikan dengan panjang lebar di dalam kes Ng Tiou Hong v. Collector of Land Revenue Gombak [1984] 1 CLJ 289 (Rep); [1984] 1 CLJ 350; [1984] 2 MLJ 35, iaitu satu keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan. Syed Agil Barakbah, HMP (ia semasa itu) di dalam penghakimannya di ms. 37 menyatakan seperti berikut:

There are of course other principles that have to be applied according to the facts and circumstances of a particular case along the lines provided by the First Schedule to the Act and as decided from time to time by the courts. We consider the following as the main principles:

Firstly, market value means the compensation that must be determined by reference to the price which a willing vendor might reasonably expect to obtain from a willing purchaser. The elements of unwillingness or sentimental value on the part of the ven