No TDS on Compensation Paid for Compulsory Land Acquisition Under Mediation Settlement: Karnataka HC

Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Vs Mayappa (Karnataka High Court) The Karnataka High Court considered a writ petition filed by Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited (KNNL), the beneficiary of acquisition proceedings, challenging a judgment and award dated 24 April 2018 passed in LACA No.583/2017 by the I Additional District Judge at Kalaburagi. The Court noted that the acquisition proceedings had remained pending for an inordinately long period and that land losers had not received compensation within a reasonable or statutorily contemplated timeframe. It also observed that the land losers had been comp...