Supreme Court of India

Sulochana Chandrakant Galande v. Pune Municipal Transport and Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 9 S.C.R. 476
Bench P. Sathasivam and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.
Decided 3 August 2010

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Held as under :- Use of the words "at any time" in sub-Section (4) of Section 50-8 of the Act only indicates that no specific period of limitation is prescribed within which the suo moto power could be exercised reckoning or starting from a particular date advisedly and contextually.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976: c s. 10(3) -Acquisition of excess vacant land - Possession of land taken over by State Government - Right of original owner to challenge change of user and obtain possession - Held: Once land vests in the State absolutely, free from all encumbrances, there cannot be any rider on the power of the 0 State to change user of the land in the manner it chooses - It is not the corycern of the land owner how the acquired land is used - He only has a right to get compensation for the same - Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - s. 48 - General Clauses Act, 1897 -

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