https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313656 A Lok Adalat award, being a statutorily recognised, final and binding settlement with decree-like effect, may be treated as an award of a court for Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. On that construction, landowners who did not seek a reference under Section 18 can rely on a Lok Adalat award to seek re-determination of compensation under the beneficial scheme of Section 28A. The rejection of such applications is therefore not sustainable where the Lok Adalat award forms the relevant basis for parity in compensation. en-us Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:26:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313656 A Lok Adalat award, being a statutorily recognised, final and binding settlement with decree-like effect, may be treated as an award of a court for Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. On that construction, landowners who did not seek a reference under Section 18 can rely on a Lok Adalat award to seek re-determination of compensation under the beneficial scheme of Section 28A. The rejection of such applications is therefore not sustainable where the Lok Adalat award forms the relevant basis for parity in compensation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313656