Supreme Court of India

The M.D., Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. v. N. Ismail & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 3 S.C.R. 64
Bench A.K. Patnaik and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.
Decided 21 February 2014

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GOVERNMENT GRANT: Grant of land with conditions - Resumption of land when it ceased to be used for the purpose for which it was granted - Land required for Metro Rail Project - Steps taken by State Government to resume the land - Held: State Government as 0 the owner of the land and having regard to the right retained by it while making the grant in the years 1898 and 1899 and in the larger public interest of setting up of the Chennai Metro Rail Project the lands were required by it, the same cannot be questioned by the original grantee or by the lessees whose holding was subordinate in

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