Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952

The case concerned compensation disputes arising from the erection of transmission towers and power lines under a 400 kV project that traversed four districts in Haryana. Landowners claimed that the compensation awarded by the District Judges and upheld by the High Court was inadequate, while the contractor sought to l…

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation claimed it had acquired the land of Bimal Kumar Shah under Section 352 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, which it argued gave it power to acquire land for streets and parks. The High Court held that Section 352 does not confer a power of compulsory acquisition and set asi…

The respondents owned land that was acquired by the Central Government under the Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952, with vesting occurring in April 1964. The Government delayed offering compensation for twelve years, and the arbitral process to determine market value took another twenty yea…