STATE OF BIHAR vs NILAMANI SAHU — C.A. No. 13223 - 13224/1996

Case Summary: State of Bihar v. Nilamani Sahu The Supreme Court allowed Bihar's appeal and set aside a single judge's order that had amended a finalized land acquisition decree. The original tree valuation of Rs. 2,466 was upheld through multiple court levels until a single judge improperly used correction powers under CPC Sections 151-152 to revise the compensation to Rs. 76,21,630.30. The Court held this was gross error, as the judge cannot reopen finally adjudicated valuations under the guise of correcting arithmetic mistakes. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.