Disposed
The Managing Director v. Vishnu S/O. Rajaramasa Meharwade
Karnataka HCWP/103372/2018
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Compensation references under the Karnataka Highways Act had been closed for want of jurisdiction. The Court held that the Act of 2013 did not supersede those acquisition proceedings, set aside the impugned orders and directed expeditious revival of the references. Compensation-calculation contentions remained open.
What did the court decide?
Impugned orders set aside; reference Court directed to revive the references and deal with them expeditiously, giving landowners an effective opportunity to prosecute them.