Balija Shankarappa & Others vs Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & ...

The Supreme Court addressed an appeal regarding the rate of interest payable on the market price of land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Relying on the precedent set in Siddappa Vasappa Kuri v. Special Land Acquisition Officer, the Court affirmed that the Act is a complete code governing interest payments. Consequently, the Court upheld the High Court's judgment and dismissed the appeal.