Supreme Court of India

Rajinder Kishan Gupta and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 172
Bench P. Sathasivam and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.
Decided 20 August 2010

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Judgment, page 11

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Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978: s. 45 - Acquisition of land for construction works relating to metro railways in the metropolitan cities - Applicability of Land Acquisition Act - Held: s. 45 makes it clear that the authorities are free to apply the Metro Railways Act and acquire any land for such construction work, but at the same time, there is no specific prohibition in the Metro Railways Act from applying the Land Acquisition Act to acquire any land for the said purpose - In view of urgency and in the absence of similar urgency clause in the Metro Railways Act as that of

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