Topic
Solatium
2 articles
Property Law
Parity, Severance and the Limits of Solatium: Supreme Court Restores Rs. 5 Lakh an Acre for the Aspal Extension Drain Acquisition
A 47-appeal batch on land taken for a drain in Fazilka. The Supreme Court rejects a distance-based valuation model, moves the severance baseline to the land left behind, and reaffirms that solatium attaches only to the value of the land.
14 min readProperty Law
Supreme Court Fixes the Cut-Off Date for Solatium in National Highway Land Acquisitions
Deciding a long-running dispute over which compensation regime governs highway land acquisitions, the Supreme Court has held that the reference date is the Competent Authority's own determination of compensation under the National Highways Act, 1956 — not the date the acquisition proceedings began, and not a later arbitral award on a disputed quantum.
13 min read