https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183930 Differential compensation for compulsory acquisition under the Nagpur Improvement Trust Act, 1936 violated Article 14 because landowners similarly situated received a lower market-value basis and no statutory solatium solely because of the acquiring authority or scheme. Compensation classifications must rest on an intelligible differentia rationally connected to the law's object; neither the public purpose nor the acquiring authority justified reduced benefits where owners received no corresponding direct benefit. The discriminatory acquisition provisions were unconstitutional, and the modified compensation scheme could not stand. en-us Mon, 11 Dec 1972 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 25 Jun 2016 10:18:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183930 Differential compensation for compulsory acquisition under the Nagpur Improvement Trust Act, 1936 violated Article 14 because landowners similarly situated received a lower market-value basis and no statutory solatium solely because of the acquiring authority or scheme. Compensation classifications must rest on an intelligible differentia rationally connected to the law's object; neither the public purpose nor the acquiring authority justified reduced benefits where owners received no corresponding direct benefit. The discriminatory acquisition provisions were unconstitutional, and the modified compensation scheme could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 11 Dec 1972 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183930