Supreme Court of India

Dev Sharan & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 3 S.C.R. 728

Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.

Decided 7 March 2011

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the State Government was not justified, in the facts of this case, to invoke DEV SHARAN & ORS. v.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1897: c Section. 5- , 4, 17 and 6 - Acquisition of land for construction of district jail - Invoking of s. 17 ( 4) and dispensing with s.5- inquiry- HELD: There being more than 11 months gap between ss. 4 and 17 notification and s. 6 declaration, this tself indicates that there was no urgency for invoking pro 0 isions of s.17(4) and denying the land owners their right u/s 5- - Notification uls 4 and declaration u/s 6 are quashed so far as they relate to appellants - Possession of appellants over their lands not to be interfered with except in accordance with law. Section

Authorities it was built on

2005 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Darius Shapur Chenai and Ors. cited by 46
1972 Munshi Singh & Others Etc. Etc. v. Union of India Etc. Etc. cited by 10
1979 The Authorised Officer, Thanjavur & Anr. v. S. Naganatha Ayyar cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2011 Devendra Singh & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Ors. relied on
2024 Kali Charan and Others v. State of U.P. and Others referred to
2020 Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal & Ors. Etc. referred to
2016 Greater Nolda Ind. Dev. Authority v. Savjtri Mohan (dead) through Lrs. & Ors. referred to
2012 Darshan Lal Nagpal (dead) by L.rs. v. Government of Nct of Delhi and Others referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to

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