Bajirao Vishram Pathare and Anr. v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
National Highway Act 1956 land acquisition compensation; solatium 30%; 12% interest component; Sections 23(1-A)/23(1)(A), 23(2) and proviso to Section 28, Land Acquisition Act 1894; Union of India v. Tarsem Singh (2019) 9 SCC 304 applied to NH Act acquisitions; NHAI Project Director to compute and deposit solatium and interest; Bombay High Court batch writ petitions (Nashik lands); RFCTLARR Act 2013 referenced in prayer; contentions kept open; no costs; parties to act on authenticated copy.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of with directions: petitioners to furnish award copies to the Competent Authority/Special Land Acquisition Officer within two weeks; the Competent Authority no.2/Respondent no.4 to compute solatium and interest payable per Union of India v. Tarsem Singh and intimate the Project Director, NHAI within six weeks of receipt of award; the Project Director, NHAI to accept the computation and deposit the amounts payable on solatium and interest within six weeks of receipt of the computation; the Competent Authority to disburse the amounts to the petitioners; all contentions expressly kept open; no costs. Parties to act on authenticated copy of the order.