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The Supreme Court examined whether the statutory vesting of enemy property in the Custodian for Enemy Property under the Enemy Property Act, 1968 amounts to an expropriation that transfers ownership to the Union of India, thereby invoking Article 285's tax exemption. It held that the Custodian acts …
The appellant challenged the forfeiture of his family’s properties under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976 (SAFEMA) on the ground that the underlying detention order under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities …
The lands of Parmal Singh and others were requisitioned by the Central Government in 1963 under the Defence of India Act, 1962 and subsequently acquired in 1965. The Special Land Acquisition Officer fixed compensation, which the owners contested, leading to arbitration awards that included interest. …
The appellants' lands were requisitioned and later acquired for a military cantonment under the Defence of India Act and the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952. They entered into compensation agreements under the 1952 Act, but later sought higher compensation, solatium …
The case concerned a challenge by fertilizer dealers to a Uttar Pradesh Government notification issued under Rule 114 of the Defence of India Rules, 1971, which fixed the selling price of fertilizer stocks acquired before 31 May 1974 at the lower price fixed by an earlier Central Government …
