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Patna High Court directs petitioner to approach competent authority for land compensation claim: “For seeking mandamus, a demand must precede the writ” — Writ dismissed as not maintainable, liberty granted to file fresh representation

Court’s Decision The Patna High Court dismissed the writ petition seeking compensation for the laying of underground petroleum pipelines beneath the petitioner’s land on the ground that the primary precondition…
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Kerala High Court Quashes Lakshadweep Administration’s Use of Lower Multiplication Factor for Land Compensation, Holding “Absence of Notified Urban Area Mandates Applying Factor of Two in Rural Acquisitions Under the 2013 Land Act”

Court’s Decision The Kerala High Court allowed the writ appeals, quashed the Land Acquisition Collector’s notification fixing the multiplication factor as 1 for land acquisitions in Lakshadweep, and held that…