Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976

The appellants, Somnath Chakraborty and others, owned 11.659 cottah of land that was later notified as surplus under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976. The State of West Bengal leased the land to Appollo Gleneagles Hospitals Ltd. for 30 years. The appellants challenged the notification, and the Calcutta H…

The appellant, Nandkishore Lalbhai Mehta, entered into a sale agreement with the respondents for a plot in Mahim, subject to obtaining consent from the Mill Mazdoor Sabha (labour union) and various statutory permissions. The union refused consent, and the respondents declared the agreement cancelled and offered to retu…

The Indore Development Authority (IDA) prepared Scheme No. 97 under the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973 and published the final scheme on 8 June 1984. Within three years it negotiated with landowners, failed, and then sought acquisition of the land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, leading to…