Supreme Court of India

Rajendra Nagar Adarsh Grah Nirman Sahkari Samiti Ltd. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 7 S.C.R. 192
Bench P. Sathasivam and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.
Decided 1 July 2013

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we find no merit even in the third contention advanced on behalf of the appellants.

Judgment, page 73

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LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1894: ss. 4 and 6 - Acquisition of land by State Government for setting up of Railway complex - 'Public purpose' - Held: Under ss. 4 and 6, it is the "appropriate Government" which is to be satisfied about the 'public purpose' for which the land 0 is to be acquired and which is vested with the responsibilities contemplated u/ss. 4 and 6 - 'Public purpose' may be relatable to (i) Union! Central Government, or (ii) State Government or (iii) a "general public purpose", which is neither exclusively relatable to Central Government nor fully relatable to State Government, but

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