#Section 4 notification

Allahabad High Court rules that land acquisition proceedings under the repealed Land Acquisition Act, 1894 are invalid if Section 4 notifications were published after 01.01.2014, regardless of the notification date. The court directed recalculation of compensation under the Right to Fair Compensation Act, 2013, reinforcing the publication date as the decisive factor for initiation of proceedings.

The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) ruled that landowners in the same village acquired under contemporaneous notifications for the same project must receive uniform compensation, rejecting the State's plea for differential rates. The court fixed compensation at Rs. 45-55 per sq. ft., reinforcing parity under Article 14 of the Constitution and setting a precedent for equitable land acquisition disputes.