Supreme Court of India

Kaikhosrou (chick) Kavasji Framji v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 4 S.C.R. 222
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 15 March 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that law laid down in the lead judgment in Express Newspaper (supra) is the law by three Hon’ble Judges who constituted the Bench and thus binds all the Courts in the country under Article 141 of the Consti tution.

Judgment, page 21

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Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) ct, 1971: ss. 4(1) and 4(2)(b)(ii) – Issue of notice to show cause against order of eviction – Summary remedy of the State qua person in possession of the land – On facts, predecessor of t he appellants leased their property to the Government twice – Sai d land was requisitioned, derequisitioned and thereafter again re quisitioned – Issuance of notice by Estate Officer u/ss. 4(1) and 4(2)(b)( ii), to the appellants, treating them to be unauthorized occupan ts of the suit property – Notice upheld by the High Court – On app eal, held:

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