The Supreme Court examined whether the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (especially sections 6, 23(1‑A), 23(2) and 28) were incorporated into three State Acts – the Punjab Town Improvement Act, the Nagpur Improvement Trust Act and the Uttar Pradesh Awas Evam Vikas Parishad Act – or …
The case concerned a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 issued before the 1984 amendment, under which a declaration under Section 6(1) was made within the three‑year period but later quashed by the High Court. The State then issued a fresh declaration and the …
The appellants, Jai Parkash and others, challenged the compensation awarded for land acquired by the Union of India in village Keshopur under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Collector had divided the land into blocks with varying rates, which were later raised by the Additional …
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 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 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 …
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