New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- New DelhiThe Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the NHAI application seeking to limit compensation benefits for landowners whose properties were acquired between 1997 and 2015 for highway projects, upholding that these landowners are entitled to solatium and interest to reinforce the principle of fair compensation.
Rejecting NHAI's argument that the 2019 ruling in the Tarsem Singh case should apply only prospectively, a bench of justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan emphasised that denying rightful compensation would violate Article 14 (right to equality). "When a provision is declared unconstitutional, any continued disparity strikes at the core of Article 14 and must be rectified, particularly when such disparity affe...