Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978

The appellants challenged a fresh acquisition of their land in Mehrauli, Delhi, undertaken for the construction of the Chattarpur Metro Station. While the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978 provides a special framework for metro projects, the government invoked the urgency provisions of the Land Acquisiti…

RB Dealers Private Limited owned land that was acquired for the Kolkata Metro project under the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978. The competent authority initially awarded market value and a sum for the structure, which was later enhanced by the appellate authority to include a 12% per annum amount on t…

The Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (NMRCL) invited bids for a viaduct and disqualified the joint venture GYT‑TPL on the ground that its experience on an inter‑city high‑speed railway in China did not satisfy the tender’s requirement of experience in "metro civil construction work" with a minimum contract value of I…

The case concerned a 9,343 sq m land owned by the Maharashtra Public Works Department, originally leased to the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation and sub‑leased to Orbit Motels (respondent) under a 30‑year lease dated 17‑07‑1995, which was terminated by notice on 27‑05‑2002. The State of Maharashtra, invoking…

The appellants challenged the acquisition of land for the Prem Nagar Metro station, arguing that the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978, being a special law, should exclusively govern such acquisitions and that the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, was impliedly repealed. The respondents contended that the auth…