https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175941 A civil court cannot award enhanced land acquisition compensation unless a valid reference is made under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The statutory mechanism requires an interested person to seek reference in writing after receiving compensation under protest, and the Collector must forward a reference containing the prescribed particulars. The reference procedure under Sections 18, 19 and 20 is mandatory, so jurisdiction of the civil court arises only on strict compliance. The special compensation scheme excludes ordinary civil jurisdiction under Section 9 CPC, and local notification-based modifications do not dispense with these requirements. In the absence of a valid reference, the decree was void for want of jurisdiction. en-us Fri, 07 Oct 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:34:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175941 A civil court cannot award enhanced land acquisition compensation unless a valid reference is made under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The statutory mechanism requires an interested person to seek reference in writing after receiving compensation under protest, and the Collector must forward a reference containing the prescribed particulars. The reference procedure under Sections 18, 19 and 20 is mandatory, so jurisdiction of the civil court arises only on strict compliance. The special compensation scheme excludes ordinary civil jurisdiction under Section 9 CPC, and local notification-based modifications do not dispense with these requirements. In the absence of a valid reference, the decree was void for want of jurisdiction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 07 Oct 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175941