Supreme Court of India

Bharat Singh & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Ors.

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Reported as [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 1050
Bench Murari Mohon Dutt and K.N. Singh JJ.
Decided 13 September 1988

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with these cases, we may consider a short submis­ sion on behalf of the appellants as also the writ petitioners that as by the acquisition of their land they have become landless, they should be allotted land by HSIDC, after development, so that they may start their businesses and earn their livelihood.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894-Section 4( ])-Whether substance of the notification is published in the localities concerned or not is pre­ eminently a matter of fact and not of law. Land Acqu:Sition Act, 1894-Section 3-Public purpose-Deve­ lopment and industrialisation of land is a public purpose and not a profiteering venture. Pleadings-Pleadings under Civil Procedure Coae and a writ peti­ tion or counter affidavit are different-In plaint or written statement facts are to be pleaded but in writ petition facts and evidence in proof thereof is also to be pleaded. Point of law should be

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Of those, 2 referred to · 1 not applicable

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