Supreme Court of India

Bangalore International Airport Area Planning Authority v. Birla Super Bulk Terminal (now A Unit of Ultra Tech Cement Ltd.) and Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 635
Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 27 November 2018

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the impugned judgment of the High Court is set aside and this appeal is allowed.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961: ss. 14, 15 and 18 – Levy of betterment fee u/s. 18 – Sustainab ility of – On facts, appellant constituted as the planning author ity for a local planning area – Respondent No.1 sought permission f rom the appellant for construction of Bulk Cement Terminal – Land allot ted by Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board-KIA DB to respondent no. 1 – Appellant sought respondent No.1 to pay betterment charges, building construction charges e tc. under the KTPC Act – Writ petition by respondent no. 1 and 2 that appellant had no authority to demand any

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