Land Acquisition Act

The appellants, original landowners whose land was acquired by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority, challenged the compensation awarded by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which relied on earlier decisions in Surjit Singh and Kapoor Singh. The Supreme Court had previously enhanced compensation in those earl…

The dispute concerned a 183‑bigha parcel of land in Haripur, Nainital, originally leased in 1924 under the Government Grants Act of 1895. The lease was allegedly transferred by a 1947 sale deed, but the deed’s nature—whether it conveyed title or merely lease‑hold rights—was contested. The respondents claimed ownership …

The Hospitality Association of Mudumalai and other private land owners challenged the Tamil Nadu Government's notification of an elephant corridor on the Sigur Plateau, arguing that the corridor was not scientifically justified and that the State lacked statutory authority to create it. The High Court had upheld the no…

The respondents, whose lands were acquired for planned development of Delhi, applied for alternative plots under the 1961 Scheme but were rejected because they had purchased the land within five years of the acquisition notification. They challenged the rejection, arguing that the 1961 Scheme had been incorporated into…

The dispute concerned CTS No.1674/1, a parcel of Government land in Ramdurg claimed by two educational trusts for use as a playground. The Assistant Commissioner initially granted the land to Vidya Prasarak Samithi, but BVVS appealed and the matter went through multiple administrative and judicial forums. The Karnataka…

The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and other officials demanded an additional price from Jagdeep Singh for a plot allotted in 1986, alleging that the land cost had risen after the Animal Husbandry Department transferred the land to HUDA at a lower rate. Singh filed a suit in 2003 challenging the demand, and…

The Tamil Nadu Housing Board (the Board) acquired land for a low‑income‑group (LIG) housing scheme and, in 1976, allotted houses to members of a service society at a tentative price of Rs.18,000. The lease‑cum‑sale agreement allowed the Board to fix the final price based on land acquisition cost, development charges an…

Fuljit Kaur applied for a residential plot in Punjab Urban Estates and was asked to pay a provisional price. After the tentative price was later determined, the authorities issued a demand for an additional price, which she challenged as arbitrary. The High Court upheld the demand, relying on the Supreme Court’s decisi…