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Harmonizing Land Acquisition Compensation across Special Acts: The 2015 Order and Tarsem Singh
For a landowner, the identity of the statute under which the land is taken ought to be a matter of indifference. The Constitution does not grade citizens by the acquiring departmen
Section 24(2) of the Land Acquisition Act: When Does an Acquisition Really Lapse?
When Parliament replaced the colonial Land Acquisition Act, 1894 with the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
Severance & Injurious Affection — Forgotten Heads in Land Acquisition
Ask most landowners what they were paid for their acquired land and they will quote a single number: the per-square-metre rate multiplied by the area taken, dressed up with solatiu
Is Land Acquisition Compensation Taxable? Section 96, Interest & TDS Explained
A landowner who has fought for a fair award often assumes that the enhanced amount finally received is his to keep, in full. But is land acquisition compensation taxable? That assu
The Limits of Challenging a National Highways Arbitral Award under Section 34
When land is acquired for a National Highway, the landowner does not receive a court-determined compensation in the first instance. The Competent Authority fixes compensation under
The Compensation Architecture of the LARR Act, 2013
Compensation under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (“the 2013 Act” or “LARR Act”) is not a si
Three Forums for Land Acquisition Compensation Enhancement in India – s.64 Reference, NH Arbitration and the Railways Act
After the Removal of Difficulties Order of 2015 and the harmonisation that followed, a landowner acquired under the National Highways Act, 1956 or the Railways Act, 1989 is, in pri
Determining Market Value in Land Acquisition: The Evidentiary Battleground
Every land acquisition compensation dispute, when stripped to its essentials, resolves into a single contested figure: the market value of the acquired land on the date of the prel
Fair Compensation in Indian Land Acquisition: LARR, Railways and National Highways — A Practitioner’s Map
When the State takes a person’s land, the Constitution and statute promise something in return: fair compensation. Understanding land acquisition compensation — what it cov
Vacating an Ex-Parte Injunction in India: The Duty of Candour and Order XXXIX Rule 4
Introduction An ex-parte injunction is an extraordinary order: it restrains a party who has not been heard, on the strength of one side’s untested account. Precisely because
