Supreme Court of India

The Ishwari Khetan Sugar Mills (p.) Ltd. & Another Etc v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [1980] 3 S.C.R. 331

Bench V.R. Krishna Iyer J.

Decided 2 April 1980

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11 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

Held as under : "power to legislate for acquisition of property is exer- cisable only under entry 42 of List III and not as an incident of the power to legislate in respect of a specific head of legis lation in any of the three lists." In reaching this conclusion reliance was placed on Rajamundry Electric Supply Corporation Ltd. v.

Judgment, page 16

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

Where later benches applied it

2024 State of U.P. & Ors v. M/s Lalta Prasad Vaish and Sons referred to
2024 Mineral Area Development Authority & Anr. v. M/s Steel Authority of India & Anr. Etc. referred to
2023 The Animal Welfare Board of India and Ors. v. Union of India & Anr referred to
2016 Vishal N. Kalsaria v. Bank of India & Ors. referred to
2014 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Ahmedabad Green Belt Khedut Mandal & Ors. referred to
2013 Christian Medical College Vellore & Ors v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned
2003 Shri Krishna Gyanoday Sugar Ltd. and Anr. v. State of Bihar mentioned
1998 Indore Textiles Ltd. and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. mentioned
1997 Mahesh Kumar Saharia v. State of Nagaland and Ors. mentioned
1994 Dalmia Industries Ltd. and Anr. v. The State of Uitar Pradesh and Anr. mentioned
2011 Offshore Holdings Pvt. Ltd. v. Bangalore Development Authority & Ors. not applicable

Of those, 5 referred to · 5 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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