|Bombay High Court
Land Acquisition Act 1894 | Registered Sale Deeds Misclassified as Agreements to Sell Vitiates Compensation Award: Bombay HC Nagpur Bench
The Bombay High Court set aside a land acquisition award after the Reference Court wrongly dismissed valid sale deeds as mere agreements to sell, undermining the claimant’s evidence of market value. This ruling reinforces that registered sale deeds must be treated as conclusive proof of market rate unless proven fraudulent, directly impacting how compensation is calculated across Maharashtra’s acquisition cases.