Supreme Court of India

M/s. Usha Stud and Agricultural Farms Private Limited and Others v. State of Haryana and Others

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Reported as [2013] 5 S.C.R. 645

Bench G.S. Singhvi, Ranjana Prakash Desai and Kurian Joseph JJ.

Decided 2 April 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the D decision taken at the level of the Chief Minister was not in consonance with the scheme of Section 5-A(2) read with Section 6(1).

Judgment, page 29

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - ss. 5- and 6(1) - Violation of - Discrimination in release of acquired land - Lands owned by appellants and five similarly situated others acquired for one and the same purpose - State Government I HUDA released acquired lands of five others, by executing agreements with them, but did not accord similar treatment · to appellants - Justification - Held: Not justified - Appellants were subjected to hostile discrimination - The solitary reason put forward by the respondents for not releasing the appellants' land, namely, that most of it was lying vacant was ex-facie

Authorities it was built on

2005 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Darius Shapur Chenai and Ors. cited by 46
1979 State of Punjab v. Gurdial Singh & Ors. cited by 16
2011 Sri Radhy Shyam (d) through Lrs. & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Ors. cited by 7
1993 Shyam Nandan Prasad and Ors. v. State of Bihar and Ors. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2025 Kishore Chhabra v. The State of Haryana & Ors. referred to
2019 Nareshbhai Bhagubhai & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2015 Mohan Singh Gill & Ors. Etc. v. State of Punjab & Ors. Etc. referred to
2015 Rajasthan Housing Board v. New Pink City Nirman Sahkari Samiti Ltd. & Anr. not applicable

Of those, 3 referred to · 1 not applicable

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