Supreme Court of India

Mangal Amusement Park (p) Ltd. & Anr. v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others

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Reported as [2012] 10 S.C.R. 388
Bench Surinder Singh Nijjar and H.L. Gokhale JJ.
Decided 28 August 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that since the document of allotment was a license and not one creating any interest, the provision of renewal contained therein H 414 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2012] 10 S.C.R. A cannot be read as laying down a mandatory requirement.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Town Planning - Town planning scheme of Indore - Allotment of land - To appellants for establishment of Children's amusement park - Subsequently State Government changing the land-use from 'commercial' to 'regional park' and further directing the Indore Development Authority (/DA) to invite tenders afresh for re-allotment of the land - Three-fold plea of appellants-a) that the document of allotment was a document of lease and not simply a license, and appellants were entitled to renewal thereof, (b) that appellants had made good investment onto the concerned land, and had their legitimate

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