Madras High Court Asks State To Consider Plea Against ₹1 Crore Land Acquisition Compensation Paid To Boney Kapoor, Janhvi & Khushi Kapoor

The Madras High Court has directed the State Highways Department to consider a representation seeking an enquiry into the disbursal of Rs. 1,00,87,183 to film producer Boney Kapoor and his daughters Janhvi Kapoor and Kushi Kapoor as compensation for land acquisition. Justice Krishnan Ramasamy has directed the authority to consider the representation and dispose of the same within 4 weeks. The petition was filed by Sivakami, a resident of Chennai, claiming that the State Highways Department had illegally disbursed the compensation amount to the trio, even though they did not own any property in the area. Sivakami submitted that the State Highways Authority had acquired land in the East Coast Road for the widening of the road from Thiruvanmiyur to Akkarai. Based on the details of the property owners in the area, the compensation was fixed, and the amount was disbursed after conducting preliminary enquiries and due diligence. Sivakami claimed that her grandfather had purchased 266 acres of land in the area in 1943 and out of this, 7.78 acres was settled to the elder daughter's legal heirs. Later, in 1981, this land was sold to M/s. Industrial Gas and General Supplies. It was submitted that the company was also granted a patta and thus become the owners of the land in the survey number. It was submitted that even though the legal heirs of the grandfather's eldest daughter only had 0.28 acres that had accrued on them after the grandfather's demise, in 1988, they had sold 4.18 acres of land to Sridevi, her sister, and her mother by way of 4 fraudulent sale deeds. The petitioner also submitted that though Sridevi attempted to obtain a patta for this land, she could not obtain the same till 2023. Even then, the petitioner submitted that the patta was obtained only for 4.18 acres, when Sridevi's family members had also encroached upon 5 acres of land. The petitioner further submitted that the land acquired by the State Highways authority also contained property which was part of the Hindu undivided share of the petitioner's grandfather and would thus belong to his legal heirs, including the petitioner. The petitioner claimed that even after being aware of the facts, the government officials misused and abused their official position to cause wrongful loss to the state exchequer and wrongful gain to the respondents, who were not eligible for compensation for a property that did not belong to them. While that being so, the petitioner submitted that she had sent a representation to the Department and even though she furnished her statement, no inquiry has been conducted based on the representation. Thus, she had approached theHigh Court. The court has now directed the department to consider her representation and dispose of the same after conducting an enquiry within four weeks. Counsel for Petitioner: Mr. P. MuthukrishnanCounsel for Respondents: Mr.P.Sathish, Additional Government PleaderCase Title: MC Sivakami v. The District Collector and Others Citation: 2025 Livelaw (Mad) 337 Case No: WP 36502 of 2025 Click Here To Read/Download The Judgment

Madras High Court Asks State To Consider Plea Against ₹1 Crore Land Acquisition Compensation Paid To Boney Kapoor, Janhvi & Khushi Kapoor

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