In Brief
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's judgment in a land acquisition case involving multiple parcels of agricultural land in Maharashtra. The High Court had determined market value for compensation based on analysis of sale deeds submitted by both the State and the landowners. The Supreme Court affirmed that using prices of smaller land parcels as reference for valuing larger agricultural holdings is legally permissible, and the High Court's modest reduction of compensation rates was justified by cogent reasoning. The appeals were therefore dismissed without requiring re-examination of the valuation methodology."
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