15 Land Acquisition · 15.1 Foundations of land acquisition law
15.1.2 Land Acquisition Act 1894: key sections, timelines, solatium and Section 24 transition to the 2013 Act
The Land Acquisition Act 1894 ran acquisition for 120 years through a short chain — s.4 notification, s.5A objections, s.6 declaration, s.9 notice, s.11 award, s.16/17 possession, s.18 reference — with 30% solatium and a 12% additional amount; s.24 of the 2013 Act decides which old cases continue and which lapse.
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Key terms
- Land Acquisition Act 1894
- section 4
- section 5A
- section 6
- section 11
- section 11A
- section 17
- section 18
- section 23
- section 23(1A)
- solatium 30 per cent
- section 24 matters to be neglected
- section 28A
- RFCTLARR section 24
- lapse
- Indore Development Authority v Manoharlal
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