Supreme Court of India

Ramji Veerji Patel & Ors. v. Revenue Divisional Officer & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 14 S.C.R. 821
Bench R.M. Lodha and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.
Decided 2 November 2011

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, it has to be held that Part VII of the Act has no application to the present case as the acquisition of land is not for a 'company' as defined in Section G 3(e).

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - ss. 4(1) and 6 - Land acquisition for expansion of depot of Roadways Corporation · - Notification uls .. 4(1) that land belonging to appellants was needed for public purpose - Objections raised by the appellants that they had incurred expenditure in raising the . level of the land; raised the building and installed a saw mill ·and their family was solely dependant upon the income from .· the saw mill; and alternative land were available for expansion of the depot - Objections considered by the Government but not convinced by the same - Issuance of declaration u/s.

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