Land Acquisition Authority Award Executable As Decree By District Judge, However Can't Entertain Objections On Merits: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an award of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority (LARRA) under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, being a deemed decree, is executable by the District Court.Justice Jaspreet Singh held that the District Court executing it acts merely as an executory...

Landlord Need Not Personally Occupy Premises For Son's Business To Support Eviction: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the expression “required by landlord” in the first limb of Section 21(2)(m) of the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 does not require the landlord to be in physical occupation of the premises himself. It held that where premises in their existing form are sought for setting up or carrying on the business of the landlord's...

Land Acquisition Authority Has No Power To Execute Its Own Award, Power Of Execution Can't Be Read Into Statute: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority (LARRA) constituted under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 has no power, authority or jurisdiction to execute its own award. It held that no such power has been conferred by the Act, that no rules conferring it...

Meghalaya High Court Directs Authorities To Pay Land Acquisition Compensation For Border Fencing Within 3 Months

The Meghalaya High Court has directed the State and Union authorities to resolve their differences concerning the draft awards and disburse compensation to landowners whose land was acquired for construction of the Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing within three months. The Court observed that possession of land cannot be taken by the Government while compensation is withheld for years without...

50% Pre-Deposit For Appeal Not Exhausted At Filing Stage Where Rent Liability Is Recurring: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where the order appealed against fixes a liability recurring from month to month, the fifty percent pre-deposit required by the proviso to Section 35(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 is not exhausted by the deposit made at the stage of filing the appeal. It held that the requirement continues to operate on the...

Dispute Over Sale Consideration Doesn't Invalidate Registered Sale Deed: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a registered sale deed cannot be declared void under Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 merely on a dispute over payment of sale consideration by the purchaser. It held that a seller who complains of non-payment must sue to recover the money, and cannot have the sale deed cancelled on that ground.Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act,...

Acquisition Of Additional Land Cannot Be Done Through Corrigendum; Authorities Must Follow Statutory Procedure: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has held that additional land required for a public project cannot be acquired merely by issuing a corrigendum to an earlier land acquisition notification, particularly after the original acquisition proceedings have concluded and compensation has been paid. The Court directed the authorities to return 0.019 acres of land to the petitioner, while permitting them to...

Jharkhand High Court Grants Relief To 'Physics Wallah', Says Authority Must Consider Reply Before Sealing Premises

The Jharkhand High Court has held that where a public authority issues a notice requiring a person to rectify alleged deficiencies and the person submits a response, the authority must consider the reply and pass an appropriate reasoned order before taking coercive action such as sealing the premises.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Rajesh Shankar was hearing a petition challenging the sealing...

Delay May Be Condoned Where Counsel's Actions Substantially Contributed To Litigant's Procedural Lapse: Sikkim High Court

The High Court of Sikkim has condoned the delay in filing a civil revision petition, observing that acts of counsel which cause delay should not operate to the prejudice of a litigant in a manner that results in denial of justice.The Court was considering an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 seeking condonation of delay in filing a revision petition under Section 115 of...

Revenue Entries Cannot Establish Ownership; Title Must Be Proved Through Title Deeds: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking correction of revenue records, holding that entries in revenue records are merely ancillary to ownership and cannot, by themselves, establish title to immovable property.Justice Dr. T. Amarnath Goud remarked that: “This Court finds that the revenue entries are ancillary and consequential actions once ownership is established....

Motor Accident Claims | Posthumously Filed Income Tax Returns Can Be Considered For Assessing Deceased's Income: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has said that there is no hard and fast rule that posthumously filed income tax returns cannot be taken into consideration while calculating income of the deceased for determining accident compensation. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 269]In doing so the court enhanced the accident compensation by Rs. 6,16,342 to be given to the family of the deceased. The court was hearing...

'State Doesn't Have 5 Acres For Soldier Who Served Nation': Karnataka High Court Laments In Ex-Serviceman's Plea For Grant Of Land

The Karnataka High Court set aside a single judge's direction to grant five acres of agricultural land to an ex-serviceman, holding that the amended Rule 8(8) of the Karnataka Land Grant Rules entitles him only to a residential site of 2,400 square feet where Government land is unavailable. The Court, however, recorded its regret in detail about the current state of affairs. [2026 LiveLaw...