https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168224 Section 23(1-A) of the Land Acquisition Act is a remedial provision meant to compensate a landowner for the loss of enjoyment caused by delayed award and payment. The phrase "whichever is earlier" must be read in that purpose-driven way, so where possession is taken before publication of the Section 4(1) notification and the notification is not challenged as invalid, the additional amount accrues from the date of dispossession until the award. The landowners were therefore entitled to 12% per annum on the market value from the date possession was taken, even though the notification was published later. en-us Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168224 Section 23(1-A) of the Land Acquisition Act is a remedial provision meant to compensate a landowner for the loss of enjoyment caused by delayed award and payment. The phrase "whichever is earlier" must be read in that purpose-driven way, so where possession is taken before publication of the Section 4(1) notification and the notification is not challenged as invalid, the additional amount accrues from the date of dispossession until the award. The landowners were therefore entitled to 12% per annum on the market value from the date possession was taken, even though the notification was published later. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168224