https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182733 Section 25 of the Land Acquisition Act was held to be substantive because it limited the reference court's power to award compensation beyond the claimant's claim and below the Collector's award. The amended Section 25 was held not to operate retrospectively in the absence of express language, so the unamended provision governed acquisitions and awards made before the amendment. The earlier contrary view was said to rest on a misplaced reliance on a different constitutional ruling. Applying the unamended ceiling, the High Court's enhancement of compensation could not stand, and the Article 32 challenge to a provision no longer in force was not entertainable. en-us Thu, 14 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 18 May 2016 17:21:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182733 Section 25 of the Land Acquisition Act was held to be substantive because it limited the reference court's power to award compensation beyond the claimant's claim and below the Collector's award. The amended Section 25 was held not to operate retrospectively in the absence of express language, so the unamended provision governed acquisitions and awards made before the amendment. The earlier contrary view was said to rest on a misplaced reliance on a different constitutional ruling. Applying the unamended ceiling, the High Court's enhancement of compensation could not stand, and the Article 32 challenge to a provision no longer in force was not entertainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Feb 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182733