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TypeBare Act JurisdictionWest Bengal Government

Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 Section 24A

In delemining [hc amounr of compensa!ion to

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Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 Section 24A is part of Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 - In delemining [hc amounr of compensa!ion to. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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prov~sionsIor aclc.rl,,ining bc awarded for any land acquircd for he Board undcr [his c d l l ~ ~ n s a ~ i o n .Act, h e Tribunal shall also have regard to thc following provisions, namely:- ( 1 ) when any inrerest in any land acquircd under rlus Act has been acquircd airer \he dalc with reference lo which he rnarkcl- value is to bc detcrnlined. no scparate estimare of hc value of such interest shall bc made s o as 10 increase the amount or comoensalion In he nnid for such Innd: TIMHowmlr Itizpr-ovcarcttrAct, 1956. [West Ben. Act (Sclzcdrrlc I . ) (2) if, in ~ h opinion c of thoTribuna1. any building is in adefective sratc. from a sanilary poinr of vicw. or is no[ in a reasonably good slare of rcpnir, thc anlounr of compcnsation shall nor cxcccd the sum wlich h e Tribunal considers the building would be worth if it were put inlo a sanitary condition or inlo a reasonably good sratc OF repair, as the c x c may bc, r~rirrlrs ihe es~iniatedcost of pulling it into such co~tditionor stnlc;

(3) if, i n rhc opinion of rhcTribunal, any building, which is used or is intended or is likely to be used for human habi~ation,is not resonably capableof being madc lilFor human habitarion, [he amount of compcnsation shall not exceed [lie vaIuc of rhc ~ scost of demolishing [be marcrials of [he building, i ~ l i r r ~the building;

(1) i F any tank in any arca comprised within a schcmc rr,ul~cdby thc Board and pubIisllcd under seclion 51 of [lie Howrah ln~prove~nenr Act, 1956, is, on account of accumulation or fjlth, rubbish or putrid matter or of the pcrcolation o r foul water From the kirchen, courryard, privy or urinal, or For any orhcr cause, in an unl~ygicniccondi~ionor contains water which is discoloured or malodorous or u n h ~Tor usc for domcsric purposes, or is a sourcc of nuisancc or diseasc, B ~ e n norwithsranding anylhing contained in any law for the time being in rorcc, Ihc Tribunal shall, in dctcrmining !he amount of compcnsntion, make such dcduciion rronl the markel- vaIue of thc rank according to ils presenr disposition as will, in thcir opinion, be a reasonable scr-off agninit the cos[ to socicty in unhcalrhiness, disease and discomfort caused by the tank being kepl in such an unhygienic or insanitary condition.". . Anizndrnrnl

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