https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171569 A compensation agreement under section 16(1) of the Kerala Land Acquisition Act was construed purposively to preserve speedy settlement: non-joinder of a mortgagee did not invalidate the agreement or the award, which bound the contracting parties but not the non-party mortgagee. The proviso's four-year limit was read as running from the date of the agreement, not from the section 3(1) notification, so stale awards could not be made after expiry of that period. On that construction, the Collector lacked power to make the award in terms of the agreement after four years, and the compensation dispute was left to be determined on evidence according to law. en-us Thu, 28 Jul 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 19 May 2017 17:31:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171569 A compensation agreement under section 16(1) of the Kerala Land Acquisition Act was construed purposively to preserve speedy settlement: non-joinder of a mortgagee did not invalidate the agreement or the award, which bound the contracting parties but not the non-party mortgagee. The proviso's four-year limit was read as running from the date of the agreement, not from the section 3(1) notification, so stale awards could not be made after expiry of that period. On that construction, the Collector lacked power to make the award in terms of the agreement after four years, and the compensation dispute was left to be determined on evidence according to law. Case-Laws Central Excise Thu, 28 Jul 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171569