Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. Krishan Lal Arneja and Ors.

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 801

Bench Shivaraj V. Patil and D.M. Dharmadhikari JJ.

Decided 28 April 2004

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the decisions in Banwari Lal and Shakuntala Gupta cover these appeals against the appellants, we do not consider it necessary to deal with the contention that due to non-compliance G of sub-section (3A) of Section 17 of the Act, the ent!re acquisition proceedings were vitiated.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894; Ss. 4 and 17(1)(4)/Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1953/Defence of India Rules: Acquisition proceedings in respect of certain properties-Issuance of Notification-Challenge to-Quashed by High Court-On appeals, Held: The property/properties could be acquisitioned by the Government on ground of urgency-However, existence of exigency could be ascertained on the basis of surrounding circumstances and available material on record and to the subjective satisfaction of the authorities concerned-While applying urgency clause the State should indeed

Authorities it was built on

1981 Gurdayal Slngh Fiji v. The State of Punjab and Ors. cited by 3

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2011 Sri Radhy Shyam (d) through Lrs. & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Ors. referred to
2009 Babu Ram and Anr. v. State of Haryana and Anr. mentioned

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