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The tenant, Biharlal, applied under Section 18 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 to purchase 224 kanals 18 marlas of land owned by Harjinder Singh Brar. The Assistant Collector approved the purchase, but the land‑owner appealed, leading to a series of appellate and revisional orders …
Harinder Singh, the landowner, sold a tenanted parcel of land to his tenant Bihari Lal under Section 18 of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953. The tenant applied for purchase, was granted a purchase price, and deposited the first instalment on 12 March 1963, thereby becoming a deemed …
Sonapur Tea Company owned a 1,617‑bigha tea estate in Kamrup, Assam that was requisitioned by the Union Defence Department under the Defence of India Act, 1962. After a portion was de‑requisitioned, the remaining estate was deemed requisitioned under the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable …
The respondents' agricultural lands were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for the Upper Krishna Project. The District Judge, based on evidence that two dry‑season crops yielded Rs 720 per acre, applied a 15‑year multiplier to compute a market value of Rs 800 per acre, which the …
The Government of Rajasthan acquired land for the development of Jaipur city under the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953. After an initial award excluded a portion of the land, the Land Acquisition Officer made a 1974 award that deducted compensation by allotting portions of the acquired land to …
The State of Punjab acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded Rs.29.46 per marla as compensation. The District Judge enhanced this to Rs.50 per marla, and the High Court single judge further raised the market value to Rs.375 per marla and …
The State Government acquired 2 acres 46 cents of land belonging to Deep Chand, who objected under Section 49(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, insisting that the whole property, including his factory and office, should be taken. The Collector referred the dispute to the Civil Court, which held …
The State of Maharashtra acquired about 108 acres of agricultural land within a municipal corporation for an agricultural produce market and made an award under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Several claimants, dissatisfied with the award, invoked Section 18 of the Act and obtained an enhanced …
The appellant owned 18 guntas of land in Adilabad municipality that were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Compensation was initially based on letting value and later enhanced to Rs. 75 per square yard by the reference court. The appellant claimed a market value of Rs. 300 per square …
The Supreme Court examined compensation for several plots of land acquired for a printing‑machinery factory. The lands, owned by three different claimants, differed in location, size and shape. The Land Acquisition Officer and the Punjab‑Haryana High Court had fixed a uniform market‑value rate per …
The petitioners challenged land acquisition proceedings initiated between 1959 and 1965, alleging that the government delayed making awards and paying compensation for more than fourteen years after declarations under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court examined whether such delay …
The appellants owned about 29 bighas of land in Meerut district that were notified for acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a market. Because of urgency, the government invoked Section 17(1) and took possession before any award was made, also dispensing with Section 5‑A. The …
The State of Maharashtra issued notices under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 between 1968 and 1970 to acquire land covering 86 villages for the New Bombay township, with declarations under Section 6 in 1971‑72 and awards in 1985‑86. The land owners challenged the acquisition, alleging …
The Union Territory of Chandigarh acquired 70.09 acres of land in Manimajra for setting up brick kilns under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Collector fixed compensation at Rs.23,600 per acre for cultivated (Abi) land, Rs.17,000 for rain‑fed (Barani) land and Rs.12,000 for waste (ghair munkin) …
The petitioners challenged the Karnataka State Government's orders permitting a partnership firm to sell excess vacant land under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976, alleging that the State lacked authority to grant such exemption and that the sale deed was void. The Supreme Court …
The Gandhi Grab Nirman Sahkari Samiti Ltd., together with Bhawani Singh, purchased 3,49,000 sq. yards of land in Jaipur and submitted a development plan to the Urban Improvement Trust, which was objected to and referred to the State Government. The State Government, after hearing objections, issued …
The State of Haryana acquired land in Gurgaon for the National Security Guard at the request of the Union of India. Landowners filed reference petitions under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 seeking higher compensation. The Union of India applied to be impleaded as a respondent, arguing …
The Rajasthan Government issued a notification under the Rajasthan Land Acquisition Act, 1953 to acquire about 2,517 bighas of land for the Rajasthan Housing Board and, under Section 17(4), dispensed with the inquiry required by Section 5(A). The acquisition was challenged on the grounds that the …
The Ramjas Foundation challenged the validity of notifications issued under Sections 4, 6, 9 and 10 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for land in Delhi that it claimed was wakf and used for charitable education. It alleged that its objections under Section 5A were rejected without a personal hearing …
The case concerned a large tract of land requisitioned in 1967 under the Defence of India Act and later acquired by the Central Government under Section 7 of the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952. The compensation determined by the Competent Authority was refused to be …
Petitioners whose lands were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 were dissatisfied with the compensation awarded by the reference court and appealed to the Punjab & Haryana High Court, which fixed compensation rates as agreed by the parties. Subsequently, the High Court awarded higher …
The petitioners' lands were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and compensation was initially fixed by the District Judge. The High Court, on appeal, enhanced the compensation based on uniform market‑value rates for the tract of land. The petitioners sought further enhancement, relying on …
The appellant, Akhara Brahm Butha, entered into a compromise with the Improvement Trust, with the State of Punjab also a party, to exclude 12 kanals of land from a town‑improvement scheme and to receive compensation for the remaining land at a fixed rate. Although the collector awarded compensation …
Ten acres of land belonging to the appellant were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded compensation at Rs.1.01 per square foot, which was enhanced to Rs.2.25 per square foot by a reference court under Section 18 of the Act. The State appealed, …
The appellants, owners of several plots acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, had received awards from the Collector (10‑June‑1968) and a reference court (30‑August‑1972) and sought enhanced compensation on a belt‑wise basis before the High Court, which awarded varying rates. They appealed …
The Punjab government acquired about 50 acres of land for the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the District Collector awarded Rs.30,000 per acre. Both the landowners and FCI sought references under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894; the reference court barred FCI’s reference but fixed …
The father and elder brother of Ashwani Kumar Dhingra filed a writ petition in 1973 challenging a notification dated 6 August 1973 issued under Sections 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the notification for them, and the State’s letters‑patent …
The Madhya Pradesh Government issued a notification under Sections 4(1) and 17(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire 2.298 hectares of land in Mandsaur for a "residential" purpose, followed by a declaration under Section 6(1). The respondents challenged the validity of the notification, …
The petitioners challenged the award of additional compensation under Section 23(1‑A) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, claiming it should apply to their case where the acquisition proceedings began before the 1984 amendment but the court award was rendered after the amendment came into force. The …
The case concerned lands acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, where the Collector had made his award on 31 March 1981 and the landowners filed reference applications under Section 18. The High Court had granted benefits under Section 23(1‑A) of the Act, which provides an additional …
The appellant's land was notified for acquisition in 1978‑79 under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer fixed a market value of Rs 42,000 per acre with a 5% deduction for development cost. The claimants demanded Rs 200 per square yard; the Civil Court fixed …
The Ujjain Development Authority issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in 1985 to acquire land for Scheme No.23 framed under the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973. The respondents challenged the notification before the Madhya Pradesh High …
The appellant owned about two acres of land in Ramavarappadu village, Andhra Pradesh, and the State sought to acquire 1.89 acres for public purpose. A notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was published in the Gazette on 9 February 1976, but the substance of the …
The appellants' lands in Visakhapatnam were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. They claimed a compensation of Rs 10 per square yard, while the Sub‑Judge fixed the market value at Rs 11 but awarded Rs 10 per square yard. The Andhra Pradesh High Court reduced the compensation to Rs 6.50 …
The appellant, Yusufbai Noormohmed Nendoliya, occupied land that the State of Gujarat sought to acquire for a university. A notification under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was issued in June 1988 and the appellant obtained an interim injunction restraining possession. More than two …
The Bhatinda Improvement Trust framed a development scheme under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922 and published notices under Section 36 in May‑June 1977. A notification sanctioning the scheme under Section 42 was issued on 30 June 1980. Respondents contended that the notification was beyond …
The plaintiff, a land proprietor, sued the defendant, a sub-tenant, for ejectment after the original tenants surrendered their interests, causing the sub-tenant's interest to terminate. The defendant argued that his sub‑tenancy survived the tenants' surrender and that the suit should be filed under …
Aysha Umma appealed against a Kerala High Court order that had set aside a civil court's award of Rs.3,00,000 as market value of six acres of land and had confirmed a separate capitalisation award for fruit‑bearing trees. The Supreme Court examined the proper method of valuation, holding that land …
Four brothers, who had partitioned their ancestral property in 1954 but kept the acquired Chalai Anicut in common, were compensated 1/4 each after a land acquisition. The eldest brother, Venkatachalam Pillai, filed six references under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act seeking enhanced …
The State acquired 5 acres 589‑1/3 sq. yards of land in Vishakapatnam for a housing scheme in 1963. The initial compensation of Rs 1.58 per sq. yard was enhanced by the Civil Court to Rs 10 per sq. yard with 15% solatium and 4% interest, a figure affirmed by the High Court. On appeal, the Supreme …
The State of Tamil Nadu issued a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire land for a housing scheme of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board, but had not yet prepared a scheme under the Madras State Housing Board Act, 1961. The landowners challenged the notification, arguing …
The petitioners owned lands acquired by the Karnataka government under the Bangalore Development Act, 1976, which invoked the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. A declaration under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act was made on 20 September 1977, and Section 11-A, introduced by the Land Acquisition …
The appellants' agricultural land was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and they were awarded compensation they considered inadequate. They filed an application under Section 18 seeking a reference to the Court for enhanced compensation, attaching a schedule of some Khasra numbers but …
The appellant, N.D. Jain, owned land that was acquired by the Agra Town Improvement Trust under the U.P. Town Improvement Act, 1919. He received only a nominal compensation and no solatium, prompting him to seek a reference before the Nagar Mahapalika Tribunal, which increased the compensation but …
The petitioners filed appeals under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act without obtaining the mandatory certificate from the High Court. The Supreme Court Registry sought guidance on whether these petitions could be entertained as Section 54 appeals or should be treated as special leave petitions …
The appellants, land owners whose property was acquired for a residential‑commercial complex in Hissar, Haryana, challenged the compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Collector and later by the High Court. The Collector had belted the land into three blocks with low per‑square‑yard rates, …
Vijay Cotton & Oil Mills Ltd. owned 6 acres in Kutch, which the Government of Gujarat took possession of on 19 November 1949 under an agreement to provide equivalent land, but later issued a notification under Section 6(1) of the Land Acquisition Act on 1 February 1955 to acquire the land. The …
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (the Corporation) was authorised under the Petroleum and Minerals Pipeline (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 to lay a pipeline and appointed Mrs. A.R. Gadre, a Special Land Officer of the Corporation, as the competent authority to determine …
The Delhi Development Authority issued a public notice on 5 July 1975 proposing to change the land use of the Dargah Shaheed Khan area from residential to recreational. The notice was required to be published under Section 44 of the Delhi Development Act, 1957, which mandates that it be made known …
The Supreme Court, in an order dated 16 January 1990, directed the respondent to surrender possession of premises requisitioned under the West Bengal Premises Requisition and Control Act within nine weeks, subject to any pending High Court order or acquisition of an independent right. After the Land …
The case concerned a dispute over the right of pre-emption under Section 26‑F of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885, claimed by a predecessor‑in‑interest who was a co‑sharer of a holding that had earlier vested in the State under the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953. The respondent had purchased …
The State of Kerala acquired 190.37 acres of land from Periyar and Pareekanni Rubbers Ltd. for irrigation and industrial projects under the Kerala Land Acquisition Regulation, 1089. The Collector fixed the market value at very low rates, which the appellant challenged, seeking higher compensation, …
The appellants' lands in Delhi were acquired under a 1959 notification issued pursuant to Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Collector initially awarded Rs 2,000 per bigha as compensation; the District Court raised it to Rs 4,000‑5,000 per bigha, and the Delhi High Court further …
The Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, in collaboration with HUDCO, sought to acquire 20.10 acres of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a housing project. Tulsi Cooperative Housing Society, claiming a purchase contract with the owners, obtained an exemption under the Urban Land Ceiling Act, …
The Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), a statutory corporation under the Oil and Natural Gas Commission Act, 1959, supplied natural gas to certain Gujarat industries under contracts whose prices were based on thermal equivalence with alternate fuels. The respondents, forming an association of …
The appellants owned land that was acquired by the Hubli Dharwar Municipal Corporation for its own purposes. A reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was made to a civil court for determination of compensation, but the court proceeded without serving notice to the corporation …
The Hoshiarpur Improvement Trust sought higher compensation benefits after the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 amended the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Tribunal had originally awarded 15% solatium and 6% interest, but later modified the award to 30% solatium and 12% interest under Sections …
The respondent purchased land in Nasik and obtained permission to construct a building, but the land was later reserved under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act for a town‑planning scheme. The Municipal Council initially passed a resolution on 13‑Feb‑1967 granting permission, which was later …
V.R. Katarki, a Civil Judge of the Karnataka Judicial Service, was dismissed by the High Court for alleged irregularities in land‑acquisition cases, including writing premature letters to the Land Acquisition Officer, fixing inflated land valuations, using order‑sheets printed by a private advocate, …
The land of the appellants was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for a residential development. The appellants operated a plant nursery and claimed compensation for the nursery plants, potted plants, and mother trees. The Land Acquisition Collector allowed removal of nursery and potted …
The Supreme Court dealt with writ petitions filed under Article 32 challenging the acquisition of land previously bought by cooperative housing societies for residential purposes when the area was later notified for the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA). The Court examined the …
Five cooperative housing societies comprising low‑paid government servants had purchased land in Ghaziabad to build residential units for their members. The State later issued a notification under sections 4(1) and 17(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, to acquire the same land for the Ghaziabad …
The Union of India sought to acquire land belonging to Filip Tiago de Gama for a naval air station. The Collector awarded compensation at 40 paise per square metre with a 15% solatium; the District Judge later increased compensation to Rs.3 per square metre and retained the 15% solatium. On appeal, …
The State of Gujarat issued a preliminary notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on 26 July 1963 and later issued a declaration under Section 6 on 18 January 1969. A writ petition filed in 1972 challenged the declaration on the ground that the 5½‑year gap between the …
The Supreme Court examined the compensation payable to the heirs of Mehta Ravindrarai Ajitrai for land acquired by the State of Gujarat under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The issue was how to determine the market value of the land for purposes of Section 23, specifically whether post‑acquisition …
The petitioners, owners of land in Sholapur, challenged the acquisition of their land under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976, arguing that the Act should not apply to land reserved for public purpose under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 and that sections 10, 11 …
The Union of India appealed a High Court award of compensation and 30% solatium in a land acquisition case where the original award was made in 1963 and enhanced by a court in 1968. While the appeal was pending, the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 increased the statutory solatium from 15% to …
The Madhya Pradesh Town Improvement Trust acquired 152 acres of land, including 12.62 acres owned by Suresh Kumar, under Section 68 of the Town Improvement Trust Act. The Trust offered compensation that the appellant challenged, leading the Compensation Tribunal to award modest sums and the High …
The State of Uttar Pradesh sought to acquire land for a market yard under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, issuing a Section 4 notification and a Section 6 declaration on the same day after the 1984 amendment. The landowners challenged the simultaneous issuance, arguing that the amendment to Section …
The petitioner, Kaliappan, owned a ten-and-a-half cent plot in Kozhippathi Village, Kerala, which the State sought to acquire for public purpose. A declaration under the Kerala Land Acquisition Act was published on 19 January 1984, and the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 came into force on 24 …
The State of Haryana, through the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), acquired land in Gurgaon for industrial development under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977. The landowners filed writ petitions and special leave appeals challenging the …
The appellants' land in Hasanapur, Karimnagar was acquired for the Lower Manair Dam project under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer initially awarded compensation of Rs.1,320 to Rs.4,000 per acre, which the District Judge enhanced to Rs.85,000 per acre under Section 18. …
The appellant's land in Poona was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the compensation offered by the Land Acquisition Officer was contested. A reference under Section 18 was made to a civil court, which valued the land at Rs 8692 per acre; the High Court later reduced the valuation to …
The Krishi Utpadan Mandi Samiti sought to acquire Plot No. 289 for a market yard and the State issued several notifications under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Earlier notifications were partially quashed by the High Court, but the State later issued fresh notifications in May 1982 invoking …
The petitioners' lands were targeted for acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 through a Section 4 notification followed by a Section 6 declaration. They challenged the notification and declaration, alleging they were not heard and that the notification was issued mala fides. The …
The Administrator General of West Bengal appealed the award of compensation for the acquisition of the Gopal Lal Villa estate in Varanasi. The Land Acquisition Officer had valued the land at Rs.200 per decimal, the building at Rs.57,660 and the tree growth at Rs.355.85. The appellant sought higher …
The appellant owned land on the banks of the Tapti River that the State of Gujarat sought to acquire under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for extending the village of Bhairav to house twelve families displaced by floods. After objections were filed, a preliminary notification under s.4 and a final …
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay reserved a parcel of land for a recreation ground under the final development plan of 1967 but failed to acquire it within ten years. The trustees of the land served a purchase notice on 1 July 1977, which the corporation received on 4 July 1977. Section …
The Gujarat government issued a notification under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire lands for municipal employee housing. After the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (ULCRA) came into force, the landowners filed statements under ULCRA claiming the lands were in excess of the …
The petitioners challenged a notification dated 27 January 1984 issued by the Lt. Governor of Delhi for acquiring about 3,550 hectares of land for the planned development of Delhi. The question before the Supreme Court was whether the Lt. Governor, as the "appropriate Government" under section 4(1) …
The petitioners, a cooperative housing society, applied to the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) for permission to develop their land under the Authority's building bye‑laws, but NOIDA refused, citing its statutory duty to prepare a master plan for the industrial‑urban township. …
The Supreme Court considered an appeal by Abhay Singh Surana & Ors. against the Secretary, Ministry of Communication & Ors. concerning interest on compensation awarded by an arbitrator for the requisition of premises under the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952. The Court …
During World War II the Collector requisitioned 199.04 acres of land in Burdwan, West Bengal, for a military aerodrome. The claimants, heirs of the original patni holder, sought compensation for loss of the land, forest, minerals and structures. The High Court awarded Rs.2,00,000 as terminal …
The appellants' land was acquired for an Aviation Research Centre and the Collector initially awarded Rs 2,000 per acre as compensation. The Subordinate Judge enhanced it to Rs 15,000 per acre, but the Orissa High Court reduced the amount to Rs 7,500 per acre, reasoning that the State’s concessional …
The Supreme Court heard a petition filed by Banwasi Seva Ashram on behalf of Adivasis living in Dudhi and Robertsganj tehsils of Mirzapur district, who claimed possession of forest lands that the State of Uttar Pradesh had declared as reserved forest under sections 20 and 4 of the Indian Forest Act, …
The State of Uttar Pradesh and the Meerut Development Authority sought to acquire about 412 acres of arable land on the outskirts of Meerut for a housing scheme, invoking section 17(1) and (4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to dispense with the inquiry under section 5‑A. A notification was issued …
The petitioners filed special leave petitions more than three years after a High Court judgment, seeking to increase the compensation for land acquired to Rs.17.50 per square yard, relying on two Supreme Court decisions that had enhanced compensation for adjacent land. They argued that the Land …
Brij Behari Sahai, a leaseholder of about 42 acres of agricultural land in Allahabad, had his land temporarily occupied by the State for the Kumbh Mela in 1954. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation under Section 35 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and the High Court enhanced the award …
The appellant claimed that lands granted to his ancestor as remuneration for patelship were service inam and not liable to resumption under the Gujarat Patel Watans Abolition Act, 1961 or the Resumption Rules, 1908. The Collector, invoking Rule 4 of the Resumption Rules, classified part of the lands …
The Supreme Court examined the constitutionality of sub‑sections (3) and (4) of section 44 of the Maharashtra Housing and Development Act, 1976, which prescribe a specific method of calculating compensation for land acquired in municipal areas. The petitioners (the State of Maharashtra and the …
The Collector, acting under Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, awarded compensation for land acquired for the Central Warehousing Corporation. The landowners sought a reference under Section 18 to increase the award, while the Corporation sought a reference to reduce it. The Collector …
The State issued a notification under the West Bengal Land Development and Planning Act, 1948 to acquire land for the "resettlement of immigrants" and later declared the acquisition. The landowners discovered, through internal letters, that the land was actually intended for a hospital for crippled …
The appellant, Prakash Amichand Shah, owned a leasehold interest in land in Surat and challenged the reservation of a portion of his land under Town Planning Scheme No. VIII (Umarwada) prepared under the Bombay Town Planning Act, 1954. He claimed the scheme violated Articles 14, 19(1)(f) and 31 of …
The State of Gujarat acquired certain lands under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The tenants (respondents) claimed that they were never served personal notice as required by Section 4(1) and Section 9(3) of the Act, and therefore the acquisition and award were illegal. The High Court held that …
The Supreme Court examined a public‑interest litigation concerning a plot of land in Andheri reserved for a BEST bus depot under the development plan. The BEST Committee approved a scheme to construct two commercial buildings on part of the plot, generating a non‑refundable premium for the …
The Andhra Pradesh Government issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to acquire land for the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, publishing it in the Gazette on 4 August 1977 and giving public notice in the locality on 3 October 1977, a gap of more than two …
The Supreme Court examined a notification issued under section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on 18 October 1979, which was published in the Official Gazette the same day. The Revenue Divisional Officer directed that public notice of the notification's substance be given in the locality on …
The appellants' land was acquired for a cantonment under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and they received an award in 1975. Subsequent enhancements to compensation were ordered by the Additional District Judge and the High Court, but the Division Bench conditioned the enhanced award on payment of a …
Raja Ram Jaiswal purchased land (Plot No. 26) to build a cinema theatre. The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, opposing the cinema, sought acquisition of the same land for the purported public purpose of extending its Sangrahalaya, leading to a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, …
Fomento Resorts and Hotels Ltd. applied to acquire land owned by Gustavo Ranato da Cruz Pinto under Chapter VII of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The government issued a preliminary notification under Section 4 in October 1980, followed later by a Section 6 declaration after an agreement with the …
The appellant sought a higher solatium of thirty per cent on compensation for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, invoking the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 which substituted fifteen per cent with thirty per cent in Section 23(2). The amendment also contained Section 30(2) …
The petitioner, a lessee of premises in Calcutta, challenged the State’s continued requisition of part of his building under the West Bengal Premises Requisition and Control (Temporary Provision) Act, 1947, which had been renewed repeatedly since 1958 for a government showroom. He argued that the …
The appellants' land was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and initial compensation of Rs.27,992.84 was fixed by the Land Acquisition Officer. Subsequent enhancements by the District Judge (Rs.11,307.10) and the High Court (Rs.17,919.30) raised the issue of the rate of interest payable, …
The State of Bihar issued a Section 4 notification on 19 August 1974 to acquire 1,034.94 acres in Village Digha for a housing scheme, following the procedural steps under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. On 24 May 1980, a 4.03‑acre parcel belonging to the influential Pandey families was released …
The petitioners challenged a combined notification under Sections 4 and 17 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and a declaration under Section 6, on two grounds: a 29‑day delay between the Gazette publication and the public notice of the notification, and an eight‑year inter‑departmental discussion …
The petitioners, owners of land acquired under the Resettlement of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisition) Act, 1948, challenged two provisos in Section 7(1)(e) that fixed compensation based on the market value as of September 1, 1939 plus 40 percent, arguing that they violated Section 299(2) of the …
The State of Uttar Pradesh issued a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on 8 January 1980 to acquire 60 plots of land for a market yard, simultaneously exempting the proceedings from Section 5‑A by an order under Section 17(4). A subsequent notification under Section 6 …
The Supreme Court examined appeals by two groups of landowners whose properties in Aurangabad were acquired for a medical college under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Officer had awarded very low compensation, which was enhanced by a Civil Judge and later varied by the High …
The State Government acquired several thousand acres of agricultural land in 1971-72 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) awarded compensation using a multiplier of fifteen years' purchase of net annual profits, which the High Court upheld. The …
The case concerned lands acquired for the Beas Dam Project that were notified in 1962‑63 under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The compensation was fixed using the capitalisation method, multiplying the net annual income of the land by a "years' purchase" multiplier. The Land Acquisition Officer and …
The Supreme Court examined a dispute arising from the acquisition of 196 bighas of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, where the owners, a mortgagee, a tenant and a sub‑tenant (Sewa Ram) each claimed compensation. The owners argued that, having redeemed the mortgage under Section 15 of the …
Syedabad Tea Co. Ltd. owned three parcels of land in Bihar that were acquired by the State of Bihar in 1951 under the Land Acquisition Act. While the State of Bihar appealed the compensation awarded by the District Judge, the West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956 came into force, …
The Government of Andhra Pradesh sought to evict Thummala Krishna Rao and others from three plots of land using the summary eviction provision of Section 6 of the Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905. The respondents claimed a bona‑fide title, arguing that the land might have been acquired by …
The Surat Municipal Corporation declared its intention to make a town planning scheme under the Bombay Town Planning Act, 1954, which included land leased by Prakash Amichand Shah. The Town Planning Officer awarded compensation for the loss of Shah's lease, which Shah contested as inadequate and …
The State of Assam acquired 7.60 acres of land at Lawsohtun, Shillong under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The owners negotiated a reduced compensation of Rs 4,41,202.45, signing an agreement on 24 February 1969 that they would accept this amount and make no further claim for compensation if …
The State of Punjab sought to acquire nine biswas of land in Morinda for the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to build grain godowns. The respondents challenged the acquisition, arguing that the FCI was not a "company" within section 3(e) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and therefore Chapter VII …
The petitioners, owners of vacant urban land, challenged the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 on grounds that several provisions violated Articles 14, 19(1)(f) and 31(2) of the Constitution and the basic structure doctrine. The Court examined the artificial definition of "family" in …
The State Government of West Bengal issued three notifications under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, to acquire land belonging to the respondents for what it claimed was a public purpose—first for the expansion of a private company's factory and later for industrial development. The respondents …
The State of West Bengal sought to acquire 73 acres of land for Calcutta Mineral Supply Company, which manufactured chemicals that saved foreign exchange. The acquisition was initiated in 1954 and completed in 1957, before the 1962 amendment to the Land Acquisition Act. The High Court quashed the …
The State of Kerala appealed against a Kerala High Court judgment that struck down Sections 34(1) and 34(2A) of the Cochin Town Planning Act as violative of Article 14. The Supreme Court examined whether the Act's differential treatment of compensation, particularly the exclusion of solatium, …
Himalayan Tiles & Marbles (P) Ltd., a private manufacturing company, sought acquisition of land for its business and the Government issued notifications under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The acquisition was challenged by the landowner on the ground that it was not a public purpose, leading a …
The State of Gujarat issued a Section 4 notification in 1960 indicating that certain land in Ahmedabad might be needed for a public purpose, followed by a Section 6 notification in 1961 to acquire the land at the expense of a cooperative housing society. The first notification was challenged on the …
The State of Punjab sought to acquire land for a grain market, initially notifying the land of respondents 1‑21 in 1969, later withdrawing it, and re‑notifying in 1971. The High Court struck down that acquisition as mala fide. The State then re‑initiated acquisition using the emergency provisions of …
The case concerned vast hilly tracts of land that produced natural grass and were formerly part of taluqdar and inamdar estates. After the Bombay Taluqdari Tenure Abolition Act, 1949 and the Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952 came into force, the State of Gujarat claimed that these lands were …
The appellant challenged a notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 that directed the Governor to exercise power under Section 17(4) on the ground of urgency and to dispense with the provisions of Section 5A (Section SA). The Supreme Court examined whether the conditions …
