The Allahabad High Court, in a significant ruling on the scope of its writ jurisdiction, has dismissed a petition filed by landowners challenging the quantum of compensation awarded by an arbitrator for land acquired by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). A division bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Anish Kumar Gupta held that disputes regarding the adequacy of compensation under the National Highways Act, 1956, must be challenged through the statutory mechanism provided under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and not directly through a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution.

Background of the Case

The case was brought by petitioners Ramashankar Yadav and another, whose land in Village Gausganj, District Hathras, was

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