Supreme Court of India

Peerappa Hanmantha Harijan (d) by Lrs. & Ors. v. State of Karnataka&anr.

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Reported as [2015] 9 S.C.R. 498

Bench V. Gopala Gowda and C. Nagappan JJ.

Decided 30 July 2015

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From the headnote

Land Acquisition - Acquisition of land by State - Under c s.28(1) and (4) of Karnataka Industrial Area Development Act- For the purpose of industrial development by Industrial Area Development Board - Land was further allotted by the Board to the appellant-Company on lease - Compensation awarded to the land owners and further enhanced by the Reference Court - Writ petition by the allottee-Company challenging the correctness of the award, taking the plea that they being beneficiary of the acquisition, were the 'person interested' and hence were the necessary party to the reference proceedings

Authorities it was built on

1985 Olga Tellis & Ors. v. Bombay Municipal Corporation & Ors. Etc. cited by 32
1994 Awas Evam Vikas Parishad v. Gyan Devi (dead) by L.rs. and Ors. cited by 7
2006 Haridas Das v. Smt. Usha Rani Banik and Ors. cited by 6
2011 Chandrashekar (d) by Lrs. & Ors. v. Land Acquisition Officer & Anr. cited by 5
1980 Himaiayan Tiles & Marbles (p) Ltd. v. Francis Victor Coutinho (dead) by Lrs. & Ors. cited by 4
2009 Ramchandra Dagdu Sonavane (dead) by Lrs. & Ors. v. Vithu Hira Mahar (dead) by Lrs. & Ors. cited by 4
2006 P. Narayanappa and Anr. v. State of Karnataka and Ors. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2022 Gregory Patrao and Ors. v. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited & Ors. relied on
2025 Ram Kishan (since Deceased) through His Lrs Etc. v. State of Haryana & Ors. referred to
2021 Shrachi Burdwan Developers Private Limited v. The State of West Bengal & Ors. referred to
2023 Ganesh Prasad v. Rajeshwar Prasad and Ors. mentioned
2017 Satish Kumar Gupta Etc. Etc. v. State of Haryana & Ors. Etc. distinguished

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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