Supreme Court of India

Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Chennai v. M. Meiyappan and Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 12 S.C.R. 1184
Bench D.K. Jain and T.S. Thakur JJ.
Decided 29 October 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that no relief should be given to petitioners who, without any reasonable explanation, approach this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution after inordinate delay.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950. c Articles 32 and 226 - Writ petition challenging acquisition of land - Filed after 16 years of the award of compensation - HELD: The Courts are expected to be very cautious and circumspect about exercising their discretionary jurisdiction under Article 226 or Article 32 of the Constitution if there has 0 been inordina te and unexplained delay in questioning the validity of acquisition of land - In the mslant case, the writ petitioners did not furnish any explanation, and they had participated in the proceedings before Land Acquisition Collector - High Court

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