In Brief
This judgment addressed applications to recall a Supreme Court decision on land acquisition compensation in Haryana. While rejecting the formal recall petition, the Court accepted that arithmetical errors existed in calculating per-acre compensation for different villages. The Court corrected these errors, increasing the compensation figures for certain villages. The Court also clarified that earlier case law had not assured any minimum compensation threshold and that valuations must be reassessed independently. Any excess compensation already paid to landowners must be returned without interest if done by June 30, 2019, or with 9% annual interest thereafter."
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