Supreme Court of India

Devinder Singh and Ors v. State of Punjab and Ors

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Reported as [2007] 11 S.C.R. 475

Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.

Decided 12 October 2007

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From the headnote

y Land Acquisition: Land Acquisition Act, 1894; Ss. 3, 5, 6 and 41 and Provisions c under Part II and Part VII of the Act/Companies Act, 1956; s. 617/Land Acquisition (Companies) Rules, 1963; r.4: Acquisition of land by State for establishing an industry by a private company-Requirement of-Held: State must form an opinion ascertaining the purpose of acquisition-And it must also form an opinion that the land in question is not an agricultural land-If acquisition is for public purpose, procedure laid down under Part II of the Act applies, else Part VII of the Act would be applicable-Public

Authorities it was built on

2005 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Darius Shapur Chenai and Ors. cited by 46
1959 Gherulal Parakh v. Mahadeodas Maiya and Others cited by 23
1962 Smt. Somavanti and Others v. The State of Punjab and Others cited by 14
1985 Fomento Resorts and Hotels Ltd. v. Gustavo Ranato Da Cruz Pinto & Ors. cited by 5
1975 State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Patel Chaturbhai Narsibhai & Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2016 Kedar Nath Yadav v. State of West Bengal & Ors. relied on
2023 Pankaj Bansal v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2023 Anil Agarwal Foundation Etc. Etc. v. State of Orissa and Ors. referred to
2020 Anuj Jain Interim Resolution Professional for Jaypee Infratech Limited v. Axis Bank Limited Etc. Etc. referred to

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