NAMDEO SHANKAR GOVARDHANE(D)THR.LRS. vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA . — C.A. No. 10217 - 10250/2011

CASE SUMMARY The Supreme Court dismissed landowners' appeals against the Bombay High Court's reduction of land acquisition compensation. The State acquired 26,554.39 hectares in Maharashtra for the Mukane Dam project. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation at lower rates; the Civil Court enhanced them significantly. The High Court partly reduced the Civil Court's rates, finding them excessive based on comparable sale deeds closer to the acquisition date and larger in size. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision, rejecting the landowners' reliance on an older, smaller-parcel sale deed, and affirmed the compensation rates as just and reasonable. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.