https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169791 Land acquisition compensation was enhanced where the acquired lands lay near developed areas and had immediate building potential. Certified sale deeds were excluded because the vendor or vendee was not examined, so reliable direct market evidence was lacking. In that situation, the Court used a final comparable acquisition award as the valuation base, applied reasonable price escalation for the time gap, and held that the belting method was unsuitable for well-defined developed blocks. The enhanced compensation carried the usual statutory additions, including solatium, interest and the additional amount. en-us Wed, 30 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 05 May 2015 12:39:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169791 Land acquisition compensation was enhanced where the acquired lands lay near developed areas and had immediate building potential. Certified sale deeds were excluded because the vendor or vendee was not examined, so reliable direct market evidence was lacking. In that situation, the Court used a final comparable acquisition award as the valuation base, applied reasonable price escalation for the time gap, and held that the belting method was unsuitable for well-defined developed blocks. The enhanced compensation carried the usual statutory additions, including solatium, interest and the additional amount. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 30 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169791