Supreme Court of India

Hmt Ltd. and Anr. v. Mudappa and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 2 S.C.R. 363
Bench C.K. Thakker J.
Decided 8 February 2007

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeals deserve to be allowed and are, accordingly, allowed.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Land Acquisition: Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966: c Section 28(I)-Acquisition of land-For public purpose-Issue of preliminary notification- part of the land was acquired for establishing a watch factory-However, the General Manager of the watch factory took possession of the entire land of the ow'1er-The owner filed a suit for declaration of title and possession of the excess /and-Trial Court decreed the suit-Appeal thereagainst dismissed-Executing Court directed to hand over possession of the excess land to the owner-The revision was allowed and the matter was remanded to

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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