Supreme Court of India

City and Industrial Development Corporation v. Dosu Aardeshir Bhiwandiwala & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 16 S.C.R. 28
Bench S.H. Kapadia and B. Sudershan Reddy JJ.
Decided 14 November 2008

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we set aside the impugned orders and remit the matter for fresh consideration by the High Court on merits.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Art. 226 - Dispensation of c writ petition - Dispute· pertaining to huge tract of land - Respondent No. 1, as trustee of the Bhiwandiwala Trust, laid· claim to said land after prolonged delay of 35 years - He filed writ petition contending that Appellant, an instrumentality of the State, had been illegally and unauthorizedly using the said land without acquiring the same or without paying compensation therefor.- High Court, in absence of a proper y affidavit from the State Government and without coming to any finding about entitlement of Respondent No. 1,

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