Supreme Court of India

State of Karnataka and Anr Etc. v. Shri Ranganatha Reddy & Anr. Etc.

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Reported as [1978] 1 S.C.R. 641

Bench M. H. Beg, Y. V. Chandrachud, P. N. Bhagwati, V. R. Kuishna Iyer, N. L. Untwalia, Jaswant Singh and P. S. Kailasam JJ.

Decided 11 October 1977

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From the headnote

Constitution of .Irulid; -Article-31(2)-"Public purpose" Scope of, whether includes compulsory acquisition for Road Transport Corporation-Part acqui· sition pf undertaking, validity of-"Amount" in lieu of acquired property. quan· tum and principles of evaluation, ·whether questionable under Art. -31(2). Karnataka Contract Carriages, (Acquisition) Act, 1976, vis-a-vis Constilution - of India, Articles 31(2) and 39(b) and (c) and_ Schedule List 1 Entry 42- iVhethPr on acquisition the State Govt. can transfer counter signed portions of Inter-State pern1its td Road Transport Corporation-S.4(3)y

Authorities it was built on

1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
1970 Rustom Cavasjee Cooper v. Union of India cited by 72
1965 Bundelkhand Motor Transport Company, Nowgaon v. Behari Lal Chaurasia and Another cited by 3
1964 Tansukh Rai Jain v. Nilratan Prasad Shaw and Others cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

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2023 Coal India Limited and Anr v. Competition Commission of India and Anr relied on
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2025 M/s S.R.S. Travels by its Proprietor K.T. Rajashekar v. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Workers & Ors. referred to
2024 Rajesh Mitra @ Rajesh Kumar Mitra & Anr. v. Karnani Properties Ltd. referred to
2023 C.S. Gopalakrishnan Etc. v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Others referred to
2022 The State of Karnataka & Anr v. B. R. Muralidhar & Ors. referred to
2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2019 Union of India & Anr. v. Tarsem Singh & Ors. referred to
2018 Government of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India & Another referred to
2014 Gulf Goans Hotels Co. Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2012 Re: Special Reference N0.1 of 2012 v. -- referred to
2011 K.T. Plantation Pvt. Ltd. & Anr v. State of Karnataka referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 10 referred to

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