In Brief
A landowner challenged the High Court's reduction of land acquisition compensation from Rs.2,183.33 per acre (as awarded by the Reference Court) to Rs.232.45 per cent. The High Court had discarded the owner's own sale deed (Ex.C1) dated 11.01.1990 as a comparable instance because it involved a small parcel (5½ cent) sold to a relative. The Supreme Court held that even sales of smaller parcels can serve as comparable evidence if proximate in time and location. It upheld the reliance on Ex.C1 but applied a 60% deduction due to the small plot size, fixing compensation at Rs.1,191 per cent with all statutory benefits."
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