Indore HC: an award you never got can't bar higher compensation

Justice Vinay Saraf of the Indore bench held that a landowner who was never served the acquisition award under Section 37(2) of the 2013 Act gets six months to seek a reference from the day they learn of it, not the day it was signed. Once the Collector refers the matter under Section 64, the reference court must decide it on the merits instead of throwing it out at the door on limitation. (Free Press Journal)

• Landowner never served the award gets six months from the date of knowledge, not the date of signing
• Section 37(2) of the 2013 land acquisition Act at issue
• Reference court must decide on merits once the Collector refers under Section 64