Supreme Court of India

Azim Ahmad Kazmi and Ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr.

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Reported as [2012] 6 S.C.R. 960
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 16 July 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that there is no other procedure or law required to be F followed, as a special procedure for resumption of land has been laid down under the lease deed.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Government Grants Act, 1895 - ss. 2 and 3 - Grant of lease by Government , Cancellation of before expiry of the lease period - Dispossession of lessee - Writ petition challenging cancellation and dispossession - Dismissed by High Court but observing that State shall not dispossess except in accordance with the procedure established by Jaw - o On appeal, held: Since the State has absolute power under the terms of the grant of lease to resume the leased property for itself or for any public purpose, the order canceling the lease is valid and legal - The State followed the special procedure as

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