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GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA vs MISAL KHAN S — 2022 SCMR 277 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2022 SCMR 277 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2022
Reporter
SCMR
Parties
GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA vs MISAL KHAN S
Subject matter
Civil
Provisions referred to
S. 28; Land Acquisition Act

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Judgment text as reported

GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA VS MISAL KHAN S. 28 [as amended by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Land Acquisition (Amendment) Ordinance 2001]---Interest on enhanced compensation---Scope---Section 28 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 as it existed in the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), authorized the Court to determine the amount of compensation to be paid to a land owner, which was over and above the enhanced sum of compensation awarded by the Court---Said determination of the amount included the interest on the enhanced sum of the compensation for the period when the possession of the land was taken till the payment of the enhanced sum of the compensation to the land owner---In the Province of KPK the Court was not bound by any fixed rate of interest and could grant interest at any just, proper and reasonable rate as it determined, which could also be the rate determined by the State Bank of Pakistan.

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