Khewaji Trust v. State of Punjab,12 where this Court laid down as follows: “....It is clear that when there are several exemplars with reference to similar lands, it is the general rule that the highest of the exemplars, if it is satisfied that it is a bona fide transaction, has to be considered and accepted. When the land is being compulsorily taken away from a person, he is entitled to the highest value which similar land in the locality is shown to have fetched in a bona fide transaction entered into between a willing purchaser and a willing seller near about the time of the acquisition.” [Emphasis supplied] 28. This view has been reiterated in Sh. Himmat Singh v. State of M.P.,13 where a three-judge bench of this Court consolidated various precedents to affirm that in circumstances where there are multiple sale deeds available for consideration, the Court shall rely on the highest valued exemplars unless the prices fall within a 12 (2012) 5 SCC 432. 13 (2013) 16 SCC 392. 24 |