Supreme Court of India

Patasi Devi v. State of Haryana & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 387
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 29 August 2012

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court was not right in holding that the writ petition of the appellant was not maintainable because the same was filed after passing of the award.

Judgment, page 10

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Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - ss. 4 and 6 - Acquisition of land - Award passed on 9.12.2009 - Acquired land included land of the appellant - Writ petition by appellant challenging the acquisition of her land on the ground that in the garb of acquiring land for a public purpose, the State Government misused its power u/ss.4 and 6 for benefit of a private colonizer (respondent no. 6) who was constructing a residential o colony; that her land should have been exempted/released in terms of the policy framed by the State Government since she had constructed a house on the land prior to issuance of

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