Supreme Court of India
Laxmi Devi v. State of Bihar & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered opinion that this does not necessarily imply that the former is also not an option.
Judgment, page 38
From the headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 17 - Land expropriated by the State pursuant to the exercise of special powers in cases of urgency contained in s. 17 thereof for construction of residential quarters for State officials - Award not passed within stipulated time making the proceedings lapse - Subsequent notifications also lapsed - Writ petition on the ground that resort to s. 17 was malafide - Writ petition disposed of with direction to pass award within 4 months - Award not passed till date - On appeal, Held: Appellants land owners were being denied just and fair compensation for their land in
Authorities it was built on
- 1963 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Singhara Singh and Others
- 1990 Krishena Kumar and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2003 Islamic Academy of Education and Another v. State of Karnataka and Others
- 1999 Babu Verghese and Ors. v. Bar Council of Kerala and Ors.
- 2007 Sanja Y Singh & Anr. v. U.P. Public Service Commission Allahabad and Anr.
- 1996 Allahabad Development Authority v. Nasiruzzaman and Ors.
- 1993 Satendra Prasad Jain and Others v. State of U.P. and Others
- 2001 Hameed Joharan (d) and Ors. v. Abdul Salam (d) by Lrs. and Ors.
- 1963 Nandeshwar Prasad and Another v. The State of U. P. and Others
- 2011 Banda Development Authority, Banda v. Moti Lal Agarwal and Others
- 1970 Lt. Governor of Himachal Pradesh v. Avinash Sharma
- 2014 Hussein Ghadially @m.h.g.a. Shaikh & Ors. v. State of Gujarat
- 1995 The Gen. Manager Tele-communication and Anr. Etc. v. Dr. Madan Mohan Pradhan and Ors. Etc.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 M/s Delhi Airtech Services Pvt. Ltd & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Anr
- 2019 Nareshbhai Bhagubhai & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2016 Delhi Development Authority v. Sukhbir Singh & Others
- 2016 Ravindra Ramchandra Waghmare v. Indore Municipal Corporation & Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to · 1 not applicable
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