2021 INSC 0021
CA 94/2021 	
1 	
Reportable   	
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA  
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION  	
Civil Appeal No 94 of 2021	 	
(Arising out of SLP (C) No 16857 of 2019)  
 
Tamil Nadu Housing Board          Appellant(s)  
 
           Versus	
 	
 
 
Abdul Salam Sarkar and Others        Respondent(s)	
 	
 
 	
J U D G M E N T  	
 
 	
Dr  Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud  
 
 
1  Leave granted.	
 	
 
2  The only question which arises in the present appeal is whether the respondents 
are entitled to interest on solatium for the acquisition which took place under 
the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act 1894. This issue  turns on an 
interpretation of the judgment of the Constitution Bench of this Court in Gurpreet 
Singh vs Union of India	
1  (“ Gurpreet Singh ”).  
3     By an order of this Court dated 1 December 2020,  the issue was crystallized by 
observing that the Court will   “examine the question whether  (the) matter is 
covered by the judgment of this court in the case of Gurpreet Singh ”.  
4    In the present case, the reference court by its decision dated 26 July 1990,   allowed for the grant of interest on solatium at the rate of 12% per annum.  
5      When the matter was carried in appeal, a Division Bench of the Madras High 	
                                                 1  (2006) 8 SCC 457