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Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act

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SATYA PAL AND ORS.versusTHE STATE OF U.P. AND ORS.

1996 INSC 1386

The appeal concerned the acquisition of land under the Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad Adhiniyam, 1965. The central question was whether the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 68 of 1984, and its Section 11‑A, applied to such acquisitions. Earlier Supreme Court decisions were split, but later …

THE STATE OF PUNJABversusRAGHBIR SINGH AND ORS.

1995 INSC 145Appeal(s) allowed

The State of Punjab acquired land under the Land Acquisition Act, publishing a notification in February 1981 and the Collector making an award on December 22, 1983. The respondents did not seek a reference under Section 18 of the Act. After a High Court judgment in 1990 enhanced compensation for …

GAURI SHANKAR GAUR AND ORS. ETC.versusSTATE OF U.P. AND ORS.

1993 INSC 261Dismissed

The Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad Act, 1965 authorised acquisition of land for a housing scheme and issued notifications under its Sections 28(1) and 32(1). The State later issued acquisition notices under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The appellants challenged whether the three‑year …