Case Law Analysis
|Madras High Court
Land Acquisition Act | Single-Belt Valuation Mandatory for Contiguous Villages Under Same Project : Madras HC
Madras HC rules that lands acquired under a single public project across contiguous villages must be valued as a unified belt, ensuring compensation based on the highest bona fide comparable sale. The court enhanced compensation from Rs.5,000 to Rs.13,500 per cent, setting a precedent for equitable valuation in large-scale acquisitions.