In Brief
In this land acquisition case, the Supreme Court held that once an Award is passed by the Collector under Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and notice is given to interested parties, it becomes final and cannot be reviewed. The only exception is correction of clerical or arithmetical errors under Section 13A within six months. The Court quashed a Review Award that had reduced compensation, finding it was a substantive review of whether structures were legal—a matter requiring evidence, not a clerical correction. The Court reaffirmed that review power must be conferred by statute and cannot exist inherently.
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