IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NOS.14713-14714 OF 2024 (ARISING OUT OF S.L.P. (CIVIL) NOS.26647-26648/2023)
ANANTA CHARAN SAHOO APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER-CUM- COMPETENT AUTHORITY (NH), KHURDA & ORS. RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. The facts of this case are very peculiar. An award was made
in connection with grant of compensation on account of acquisition
by the National Highways Authority of India. The property of the
appellant was acquired. Being aggrieved by the award, the
appellant preferred a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration
and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short, “the Arbitration Act”).
While allowing the petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration
Act, the Court enhanced the market value of the land to Rs.1.20
crores per acre. An appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act
was preferred by the appellant confined to interest on solatium
part. The appeal was partly allowed by granting interest on
solatium in the light of law laid down by this Court in the case of
Sunder vs. Union of India1 and other judgments. However, in
paragraph 10, the High Court proceeded on the footing that the rate
granted was Rs.86 lakhs per acre. The judgment dated 13th July,
2022 of the High Court on the appeal under Section 37 was
challenged by the appellant before thi...