Supreme Court of India

Institute of Law & Ors. v. Neeraj Sharma & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 11 S.C.R. 1096
Bench Suohansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 19 September 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the writ petition filed by the first respondent is maintainable as the allotment of the land in question made in favour of the first appellant-Institute is arbitrary, illegal and the same is in violation of Article 14 of the B Constitution.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

c Constitution of India, 1950,- Arts. 14, 226- Allotment of 5. 75 acres of land in Chandigarh to the appellant-Law Institute, at Rs. 9001- per square yard only - Writ petition challenging the allotment ..., Di.vision Bench' of the .High Court, consisting of the then Chief Justice and a puisne Judge, by two separate 0 but concumng orders dispose<J of the writ petition cancelling the allotment of land, however, the puisne Judge, did not agree on certain paragraph ..:. Applic.ations thereagainst - Nominated judge held that 'though the Bench recorded different reasons, the conclusion was same -

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