Somabhai Prabhudas Patel Dec His Legal Heirs and Anr. v. the Government of Inidia and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Solatium and interest on land acquisition compensation; Union of India vs. Tarsem Singh (2019) 9 SCC 304; modification order dated 30 July 2021 (MAD No.2572 of 2020 in Civil Appeal No.7086 of 2019); review rejected 4 February 2025 (MCA No.1773 of 2021 in Civil Appeal No.7064 of 2019); NHAI; payment within three months; verification of entitlement and lineage of deceased awardees; Bombay High Court batch of writ petitions 2021–2024; rule made absolute; no cost order.
What did the court decide?
Rule made absolute in all the writ petitions without any cost order; respondents, including particularly NHAI, directed to compute and pay the petitioners solatium and interest in accordance with the principles and directions in Tarsem Singh within three months of uploading the order, after verifying entitlement status and, where awardees have expired, the claimant's lineage.