Jagannath Shankar Sanap v. the Union of India Thr the Deputy Secretary the Ministry of Shipping and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
solatium; interest; statutory benefits; Sections 23 and 28; Land Acquisition Act 1894; NHAI; Union of India v. Tarsem Singh (2019) 9 SCC 304; deposit versus disbursal; Competent Authority; Special Land Acquisition Officer; Project Director NHAI; Jagannath Vishnu Pawar WP 16370/2023; Manidhari Realtors WP 7224/2022; SLP(C) No. 36306 of 2025; Miscellaneous Application; review dismissed February 2025; Bombay High Court writ petitions; land acquisition compensation; Collector Nashik.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions allowed and disposed of with a staged payment scheme: (i) petitioners to furnish copies of their respective awards to the Competent Authority/Special Land Acquisition Officer within two weeks; (ii) Competent Authority to compute the amounts payable towards solatium and interest and intimate the Project Director, NHAI within six weeks of receipt of the awards; (iii) Project Director, NHAI to accept the computation and deposit the payable amounts with the Competent Authority within six weeks of receipt of the computation; (iv) Competent Authority to disburse the amounts received from the Project Director, NHAI/acquiring body to the petitioners; (v) all contentions of the parties expressly kept open with regard to calculation of the quantum of solatium and interest under Sections 23 and 28; pending applications, if any, disposed of.