Supreme Court of India · 2003-04-22
Virender Singh And Ors vs Union Of India
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2003 SUPREME COURT 2493
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Virender Singh And Ors
- Respondent
- Union Of India
- Author
- P. Venkatarama Reddi
- Bench
- K.G. Balakrishnan, P. Venkatarama Reddi
Judgment text excerpt
The case involves an appeal regarding the determination of the market value of agricultural land acquired by the Union of India for the planned development of Delhi under the Land Acquisition Act. The appellants challenged the valuation assessed by the Reference Court and affirmed by the High Court of Delhi. The Court examined the classification of the land and the adequacy of the compensation awarded based on prevailing market rates at the time of notification.