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Supreme Court judgments on Land Acquisition Act, 1894

93 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) vs Yunus & Ors.
SC · 3 February 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 923 : 2022 INSC 142
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 – ss.20-22 – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.28A, 26 – Whether the Award passed by a Lok Adalat u/s.20 of the 1987 Act can form the basis for redetermination of compensation as contem…
Anil Kumar Soti vs State of Uttar Pradesh through Collector Bijnore (Up)
SC · 23 November 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 434 : 2021 INSC 779
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 4 – Land acquisition – Market value/Compensation – Determination of – Held: While determining the market value/compensation, previous instances of acquisition in proximity for location and…
Hamid Ali Khan (D) through Lrs. & Anr. vs State of U.P. & Ors.
SC · 23 November 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 198 : 2021 INSC 774
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: ss. 5A and 17(4) – Special powers in case of urgency – Invocation of – Dispensing with hearing of objections u/s. 5A – Justification of – On facts, issuance of Notifications to acquire land fo…
Ajay Pal Singh & Ors. vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 23 September 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 671 : 2021 INSC 531
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Enhancement of compensation – Plea of – Two separate Land Acquisition proceedings were carried out to acquire lands – In one proceeding notification u/s.4 was issued on 30.04.1976 – The Speci…
Shankarrao Bhagwantrao Patil etc. vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 20 September 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 239 : 2021 INSC 501
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Compensation – Deduction towards development cost – Appellants’ land acquired – Compensation awarded by Land Acquisition Collector – Dissatisfied, reference sought – Reference Court awarded c…
Ramesh Kumar vs Bhatinda Integrated Cooperative Cotton Spinning Mill and Ors.
SC · 13 September 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 787 : 2021 INSC 466
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss. 4 and 23 – Compensation – Enhancement of – A Notification u/s.4 was issued on 06.06.1988 and the land in question was acquired for public purposes for establishing Cotton Spinning and Gin…
U.P. Awas Evam Vikash Parishad vs Asha Ram (D) Thr. Lrs & Ors.
SC · 23 March 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 751 : 2021 INSC 201
Land Acquisition: Comparable sale – Land acquired under s.28 of Uttar Pradesh Awas Evam Vikas Parishad Adhiniyam, 1965 – Market value should be based on the sale instances, which are proximate to both the date of notific…
Murali alias Dhananjayan vs State of Kerala
SC · 2 March 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 166 : 2021 INSC 139
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s.28(A) and s.4(1) – Redetermination of compensation in accordance with enhanced compensation awarded to other land owners when lands acquired under a common Notification – Lands owned by app…
Punalur Paper Mills Ltd. vs West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 1 March 2021
[2021] 3 S.C.R. 1 : 2021 INSC 126
West Bengal Premises Requisition and Control (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1947 – Requisition of Premises – Scope of s. 10B – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss. 4 and 17(4) – Premises owned by appellant was requisitioned und…
Raj Pal Singh vs Commissioner of Income-Tax, Haryana, Rohtak
SC · 25 August 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 185 : 2020 INSC 505
Income Tax Act, 1961 – s. 45 – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – A land was on lease with a college and the lease was to expire on 31.08.1967 – The college moved the State Government for compulsory acquisition of the subject…
Union of India & Anr. vs M/s. K.C. Sharma & Co. & Ors.
SC · 14 August 2020
[2020] 6 S.C.R. 854 : 2020 INSC 488
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.30 and 31 – Reference proceedings under – Decree passed – Allegation of fraud – When not proved – Large extent of land including the land in question belonging to Panchayat/Gaon Sabha was…
Nand Ram (D) through Lrs. & Ors. vs Jagdish Prasad (D) through Lrs.
SC · 19 March 2020
[2020] 4 S.C.R. 1009 : 2020 INSC 315
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Land given on lease for 20 years to the defendant with a clause that plaintiff-lessor could seek ejectment of the defendant-lessee from the leased premises, only in case the rent for one year…
Union of India & Ors. vs Gopaldas Bhagwan Das & Ors.
SC · 4 February 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 765 : 2020 INSC 127
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4(1), 6 – In 1943, Govt. of India requisitioned 4 acres and 34 gunthas of land bearing Survey No. 120/2 (Part) of Village Malad, Mumbai – In 1949, 2.68 acres land out of the aforesaid land…
Ningappa Thotappa Angadi (Dead) through Lrs. vs The Special Land Acquisition Officer and Another
SC · 13 December 2019
[2019] 15 S.C.R. 37 : 2019 INSC 1365
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4(1), 6(1), 17(1), (4) & 18 – Long delay in filing SLP – Grant of enhanced compensation as granted in the case of other land owners, under the same acquisition, who appealed against the im…
Naresh Kumar & Ors. vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi
SC · 17 October 2019
[2019] 15 S.C.R. 1043 : 2019 INSC 1151
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss. 11 and 13A – Review of award – Land of appellants was acquired – An award dated 01.10.2003 was passed by the Land Acquisition Collector awarding compensation of Rs.1,97,08,397/- in favour…
Shiv Kumar & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 14 October 2019
[2019] 13 S.C.R. 695 : 2019 INSC 1142
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s.4 – Whether a purchaser of the property after issuance of notification under s.4 of the Act of 1894, can invoke the provisions contained in s.24 of the Act of 2013 – Held: An incumbent, who…
The State of Maharashtra and Others vs M/s Moti Ratan Estate and Another
SC · 4 September 2019
[2019] 12 S.C.R. 589 : 2019 INSC 998
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 11A - Applicability of - Failure to declare award u/s. 11 within a period of 2 years from the date of publication of declaration u/s. 6, due to stay order by High Court in respect of land b…
Union of India & Anr. vs Balwant Singh & Ors.
SC · 3 September 2019
[2019] 12 S.C.R. 78 : 2019 INSC 996
National Highway Act, 1956 – s.3G(5) – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s.25 – Union of India contended that the impugned Judgment suffered from an error – It was contended that in the impugned judgment, the case of Madishet…
Namdeo Shankar Goverdhane (D) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. etc. etc. vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 17 July 2019
[2019] 8 S.C.R. 1107 : 2019 INSC 772
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 11 – Acquisition of land – Compensation – Determination of, after classifying the land into three categories viz. ‘Jirayat’, ‘Bhagayat’ and ‘Pot Kharab’ lands – Rate of compensation enhance…
Shri Badru (Since Deceased) through L.R.Hari Ram etc. vs Ntpc Limited (Formerly National Thermal Power Corporation Limited) & Ors.
SC · 16 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 993 : 2019 INSC 767
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.11, 18, 23 and 54 – Appellants-landowners’ land acquired by the State-respondent no.3 for the benefit of NTPC-respondent no.1 – Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) offered Rs.3,87,383/- per big…
The State of Tamil Nadu vs Dr. Vasanthi Veerasekaran
SC · 1 July 2019
[2019] 8 S.C.R. 883 : 2019 INSC 698
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Allotment of alternate housing site to the displaced persons – Property owned and possessed by the private respondents were acquired for the purpose of implementing ‘Mass Rapid Transport Syst…
Rameshwar Dass vs The State of Punjab
SC · 14 March 2019
[2019] 4 S.C.R. 190 : 2019 INSC 366
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – In C.A.@ SLP(C) No.5513/14, Respondent-State acquired the total land measuring around 14.49 acres (situated in 9 villages) for construction of Satluz-Yamuna canal – Appellant is the landowner…
Wazir & Anr. vs State of Haryana
SC · 11 January 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 571 : 2019 INSC 45
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 23 – Compensation – Claim of – Fixation of market value of the acquired land – On facts, in the year 2002, around 1500 acres of land acquired from different villages for public purpose of d…
E.A. Aboobacker & Ors. vs State of Kerala & Ors.
SC · 27 September 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 263 : 2018 INSC 899
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.3(c), 4(1), 17(1) and 17(4) – Special Tahsildar if empowered to perform the functions of the Collector under the Act – State Government acquired land in its district for purpose of the Inf…
Pimpri Chinchwad New Township Development Authority vs Vishnudev Cooperative Housing Society & Ors.
SC · 3 August 2018
[2018] 11 S.C.R. 310 : 2018 INSC 675
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s.48 – Release of acquired land – Land acquired by the State Government for public purpose – Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) initiated proceeding u/s.11 and passed an award – Writ pet…
Vijay Mahadeorao Kubade vs State of Maharashtra through the Collector
SC · 4 July 2018
[2018] 7 S.C.R. 1105 : 2018 INSC 584
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s.12(2) – Effective notice of the award – Land acquisition – Passing of the award – Copy of award not sent to land owner along with the notice dated 04.12.1987 of the award – Land owner recei…
Ramsingbhai (Ramsangbhai) Jerambhai vs The State of Gujarat and Anr.
SC · 24 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 1019 : 2018 INSC 405
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s.28A – Re-determination of the amount of compensation on the basis of the award of the court – Application u/s 28A for re-determination of the compensation within a period of 3 months from t…
Mohammad Yusuf and Others etc. etc. vs State of Haryana and Others
SC · 16 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 1075 : 2018 INSC 347
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4, 9, 18 and 23 – Land in Firozpur village acquired by respondent-State for construction of Mini Secretariat – Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) assessed the market value of the acquired la…
Manimegalai vs The Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition Officer) Adi Dravidar Welfare
SC · 16 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 1086 : 2018 INSC 344
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s.4(1), 5A, 18 – Part of appellant’s land acquired – Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation of Rs. 400/- per cent of land to the appellant – Subordinate Judge on reference u/s.18, gran…
Khatoon & Ors. vs The State of U.P. through Principal Secretary & Ors.
SC · 15 February 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 375 : 2018 INSC 148
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4,6 and 17 – State acquired hundreds of hectares of land situated in several villages – Aggrieved, some landowners filed writ petitions – Lead judgment passed by High Court in writ petitio…

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