15 Land Acquisition · 15.4 RFCTLARR Act 2013: urgency, Authority and miscellaneous

15.4.2 RFCTLARR Sections 51–74: LARR Authority – composition, reference (s.64) and appeal to High Court

Chapter VIII sets up a one-person LARR Authority — a District Judge or a lawyer of seven years' standing — to decide references (s.64) against the Collector's award; civil courts are barred (s.63), and its award can be challenged only by appeal to the High Court within 60 days (s.74).

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Key terms

  • LARR Authority
  • section 51
  • one-person Authority
  • Presiding Officer
  • District Judge
  • seven years legal practitioner
  • Chief Justice consultation
  • three years or 65 years
  • section 60 civil court powers
  • section 63 bar of civil courts
  • section 64 reference
  • six weeks
  • six months
  • thirty days
  • section 69 award
  • section 70 decree
  • section 72 interest 9 and 15 per cent
  • section 73 re-determination three months
  • section 74 appeal sixty days

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