Supreme Court of India

Ram Dhari Jindal Memorial Trust v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2012] 2 S.C.R. 525
Bench Rajendra Mal Lodha J.
Decided 21 March 2012

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LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1894: ss.17(1), 17(4), SA - Invocation of power of urgency and c elimination of enquiry uls.5- - Permissibility - Held: If the government seeks to invoke its power of urgency, it has to first form the opinion that the land for the stated public purpose is urgently needed - However, use of power of urgency u/s. 17(1) and (4) of the Act ipso facto does not result in elimination of enquiry uls. SA and, therefore, if the government intends to l eliminate enquiry, then it has to apply its mind on the aspect that urgency is of such nature that necessitates elimination of such

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