Supreme Court of India

Pandit Jhandu Lal & Ors. v. The State of Punjab & Ors.

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Reported as [1961] 2 S.C.R. 459
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 16 November 1960
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Land Acquisition - Constitutional · validity of enactment­ Construction of labour colony for a company, if a public purpose­ Test-Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), ss. 4, 6, Part VII­ Constitution of India, Arts. 31(2), 31(5)(a). The Punjab Government issued notification under ss. 4 and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and started proceedings for acquisition of lands for the construction of a labour colony under the Government sponsored Housing Scheme for the workers of the Thapar Industrial Workers' Co-operative Hous­ ing Society Ltd. The appellants challenged the acquisition

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