Mateen Ahmad and Ors. v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
This judgment is a consolidated oral decision disposing of multiple civil writ petitions filed by land owners in Baharaich, Bihar. The petitions sought declaration of market value for land acquired under the new Land Acquisition Act, 2013. The Court held the applications were premature as the land acquisition authority was still at the stage of assessing the compensation amount, which was the resp
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of as premature because compensation amount had not yet been assessed by the authority.