PATEL JOITARAM KALIDAS vs SPL. LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether appellants could maintain an application for special leave against the High Court's judgment affirming the Reference Court's findings under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court held that since the appellants did not seek interest on solatium under Section 23(2) before the High Court, they could not claim it in their special leave petition. The Court reaffirmed that interest on solatium is a right if claimed at the appropriate stage, thus upholding the procedural requirements for such claims.