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The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) acquired land from the respondents, who voluntarily surrendered it on 31 May 2001 under the Incentive Rules of 1989. All acquisition formalities, including compensation, were completed before the Amended Incentive Rules came into force on 27 November 2002. …
The Supreme Court examined whether the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (LA Act) continues to apply to land acquisitions undertaken under the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 (BDA Act) after the LA Act was repealed by the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, …
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) allotted a residential site to the first defendant in 1979, obligating her to construct a house within two years under the City of Bangalore Improvement (Allotment of Sites) Rules, 1972. In 1982 she entered into an agreement with the plaintiff to sell the …
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) acquired a parcel of land in 1977 under the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976, and took possession of it. Seventeen years later, the landowner (respondent No.1) leased part of the land to respondent No.2 and sued for ejectment, obtaining a decree in …
The Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) sought an environmental clearance (EC) for its Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project, which was later quashed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the ground that the primary data used in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report was over three years …
In 2008 the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) issued a scheme and preliminary notification under Section 17 of the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 to acquire land for civic amenities. Five years later, landowners filed writ petitions alleging that the BDA and the State Government had …
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, but the original owner retained actual possession and later sold the parcel to N. Jayamma in 1994. Jayamma built a house and, after more than twelve years, sued for a declaration of title on the basis of …
The Supreme Court examined the allotment of Civic Amenity Site No. 2 by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to Bharat Petroleum for a petrol pump. The Karnataka High Court had set aside the allotment, holding that the site was earmarked for a bank and that the BDA could not dispose of it under …
The Supreme Court considered appeals against a Karnataka High Court order that declared the allotment of Civic Amenity Site No.2, originally earmarked for a bank, to Bharat Petroleum for a petrol pump null and void. The Court examined Section 38A(1) and (2) of the Bangalore Development Authority …
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) had acquired certain lands under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1995 Brijesh Reddy purchased a portion of such land and later filed a suit in a civil court seeking a permanent injunction restraining the BDA from interfering with …
The Bangalore City Cooperative Housing Society sought acquisition of 207 acres of land for a housing scheme, entering into an agreement with the State Government and an estate agent who was paid over Rs 5 crores to secure the acquisition. The High Court quashed the acquisition, holding that no …
The Bangalore Development Authority (BOA) under Section 32(5A) of the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976, required applicants for private layouts to pay additional sums to fund water supply, electricity, roads and other amenities. Several house‑building societies challenged this provision, …
The Supreme Court examined whether Section 11A of the Land Acquisition Act, which provides for lapse of acquisition proceedings after two years, applies to acquisitions made under the Bangalore Development Authority Act (BDA Act). The appellant argued that the acquisition had lapsed, rendering the …
The petitioners challenged the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 on the ground that it was not reserved for the President’s consideration and did not receive his assent as required by the now‑repealed Article 31(3). The Supreme Court examined whether the Act, enacted under Entry 5 of List II …
The Supreme Court examined the legality of land acquisitions undertaken by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) for the Arkavathi layout, focusing on whether the BDA Act required President's assent, was repugnant to the Land Acquisition Act, and complied with constitutional provisions under …
The Supreme Court examined a dispute arising from the Mysore Inam Abolition Act, 1954, where two inamdars applied for occupancy registration of land that the State had meanwhile granted to a teachers' association (Sangha) for house sites. The inamdars settled their suit with the Sangha, withdrew …
The respondents K.S. Narayan purchased land in 1985 after the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) had issued a notification for acquisition under the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976. They filed civil suits seeking injunctions against the BDA, claiming that no notice under Section 17(5) …
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) acquired land for the Koramangala layout under the Mysore/Land Acquisition Acts, paid compensation and took possession. The predecessor Board of Trustees (CITB) passed a 1972 resolution to re‑convey 6 acres 20 guntas to R. Hanumaiah, subject to the …
The 1986 development plan for Pune earmarked a privately‑owned 1.5‑acre Plot No.438 as a garden, but the Municipal Corporation and the State Government never acquired the land. After the owners (appellants) bought the plot, the Government de‑reserved it by notification on 12‑Feb‑1993, citing lack of …
The appellants, builders of multi‑storeyed apartments in Koramangala, Bangalore, obtained licences from the City Municipal Corporation to construct up to three floors. A residents' association filed a public‑interest petition seeking cancellation of the licences and demolition of the building, …
The appellant, Munithimmaiah, owned land that was acquired under the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Act, 1976 for a development scheme. An award of acquisition was passed in 1995, but the appellant challenged it, invoking the limitation periods prescribed in Sections 6 and 11‑A of the Land …
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) had made a bulk allotment of 604 sites to the Legislators' Housing Co-operative Society between 1981 and 1987 under Section 38B of the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976. A writ petition challenged the validity of the bulk allotment and the subsequent …
The West Bengal Housing Board, acting through a joint‑sector company, requisitioned and later acquired 1.82 acres of land to build a housing scheme for low‑ and middle‑income groups. The petitioners, who had purchased the land but whose names were not yet entered in the Record of Rights, claimed …
The Supreme Court examined a lease granted by the Corporation of the City of Bangalore to the Karnataka Chalana Chitra Kalavidara Sangha, a society of film artists, for constructing a theatre and training school on land earmarked in the Comprehensive Development Plan for a public or semi‑public …
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) allotted a plot reserved for a public park in a development scheme to the Bangalore Medical Trust for a private nursing home/hospital, based on State Government orders and a BDA resolution. Residents of the locality challenged the diversion as contrary to …
