Supreme Court of India

Municipal Corporation Chandigarh and Ors. Etc. v. M/s Shantikunj Investment Pvt. Ltd.

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Reported as [2006] 2 S.C.R. 768

Bench B.N. Agrawal and A.K. Mathur JJ.

Decided 28 February 2006

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the interpretation of the Act and the Rules given by the Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High E Court in the impugned judgment (M/s Shanti Kunj Investment Pvt.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Chandigarh Lease--Hold of Sites and Buildings Act, 1973; Sections 2(b), 7, 8 and 8- -Chandigarh Lease-Hold of Sites and Buildings Rules, ... • 1973; Rules 3(2), II, 12 and 13--/ndian Contract Act, 1872; Section 87- c Specific Relief Act, 1963; Section 2(a)-Transfer of Property Act, I 882; Sections /05 and 108-Al/otment of plots by State to allottees on payment of initial premium with a conditicn to pay remaining amount in instalments-Allottees refased to pay instalment amounts contending that the State has not provided amenities under the Act-State initiated steps to levy interest, penalty

Authorities it was built on

1990 Kumari Shrilekha Vidyarthi Etc. Etc v. State of U.P. and Ors. cited by 50
2004 Jamshed Hormusji Wadia v. Board of Trustees, Port of Mumbai and Anr. cited by 14
2004 Collector of Central Excise, Calcutta v. M/s Alnoori Tobacco Products and Anr. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2014 Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board v. Bishamber Dayal Goyal and Ors. relied on
2012 Punjab Urban Planning & Dev. Authority & Ors. v. Raghu Nath Gupta & Ors. relied on
2009 U.T. Chandigarh Administration & Anr. v. Amarjeet Singh & Ors. mentioned
2006 Vasu Dev Singh and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 mentioned

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