Supreme Court of India
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Narmada Bachao Andolan & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we reach the inescapable conclusion that the NBA has not acted with a sense of responsibility and not taken appropriate pleadings as required in law.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Adverse remarks: Expunction of - In a land acquisition case, the State Authorities took a decision to abandon the land acquisition proceedings - Before High Court, applicant respondent pleaded that order of the Authorities to abandon the proceedings was void ab initio as possession of the land in dispute had already been taken - High Court held that as the possession of land had already been .. taken, it was not permissible for the Authorities. to resort to withdrawal of the proceedings - Before Supreme Court, applicant took stand that the. tenure holders of the land had already been
Authorities it was built on
- 1986 Niranjan Patnaik v. Sashibhusan Kar & Anr.
- 1995 Major General Ips Dewan v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2007 State of Maharashtra v. Public Concern for Governance Trust and Ors.
- 1971 Jage Ram, Inspector of Police & Anr. v. Hans Raj Midha
- 1975 R. K. Lakshmanan v. A. K. Srinivasan & Anr.
- 1996 Dr. Dilip Kumar Deka and Anr. v. State of Assam and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation v. Mahadeo Krishna Naik
- 2024 M/s Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Rambha Devi & Ors.
Of those, 2 referred to
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