https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463918 Section 3J of the National Highways Act, 1956 was analysed as excluding solatium and interest from compulsory acquisition compensation, creating unequal treatment between similarly situated landowners and offending Article 14. The ruling held that restoring these compensatory benefits does not reopen the acquisition or disturb final compensation proceedings, because the benefits are integral to expropriatory acquisition. A request to confine the judgment to prospective operation was rejected, since that would preserve the discriminatory classification and narrow relief already declared. The affected acquisitions therefore remain entitled to solatium and interest in accordance with the earlier directions. en-us Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:28:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463918 Section 3J of the National Highways Act, 1956 was analysed as excluding solatium and interest from compulsory acquisition compensation, creating unequal treatment between similarly situated landowners and offending Article 14. The ruling held that restoring these compensatory benefits does not reopen the acquisition or disturb final compensation proceedings, because the benefits are integral to expropriatory acquisition. A request to confine the judgment to prospective operation was rejected, since that would preserve the discriminatory classification and narrow relief already declared. The affected acquisitions therefore remain entitled to solatium and interest in accordance with the earlier directions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463918