M/S Avmit Homes LLP Throu Nikhil R Agarwal v. the Land Acquisition Officer and Dy Collector General Administraion and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 19B(5) Maharashtra Highways Act 1955; easementary and appurtenant rights compensation; writ maintainability; Article 226 Constitution of India; statutory arbitration Section 19B(8); Divisional Commissioner statutory arbitrator; Section 34 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; award set aside fresh round of arbitration; amendment of statement of claim; NHAI v Resham Singh (2023) SCC OnLine P&H 7228 distinguished; Union of India v Tarsem Singh (2019) 9 SCC 304 distinguished; Land Acquisition Officer compensation awards 2019; Bombay High Court January 2026; writ petitions disposed with liberty.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to seek amendment of statements of claim before the Statutory Arbitrator (Divisional Commissioner) or substituted arbitrators, and amendment of pending Section 34 applications before Competent Courts, to incorporate the Section 19B(5) easementary-rights compensation claim; Statutory Arbitrator and Competent Courts directed to consider such applications sympathetically and without insisting on technicalities; liberty and directions apply equally to matters where the statutory arbitrator's mandate has expired and private arbitrators are appointed; pending applications, if any, also disposed of.