Supreme Court of India

The State of Tamil Nadu v. Dr. Vasanthi Veerasekaran

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Reported as [2019] 8 S.C.R. 883
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 1 July 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we have no hesitation in setting aside the impugned judgment and, resultantly, dismissing the writ petitions filed by the private respondent(s).

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Allotment of alternate housing site to the displaced persons – Property owned and p ossessed by the private respondents were acquired for the purpo se of implementing ‘Mass Rapid Transport System’ (MRTS) R ailway project, under the provision of the Act, 1894 – Writ petiti ons – High Court while rejecting the challenge to acquisition proceedings observed that the appropriate authority of the State Govern ment to consider the representation made by private respond ents for allotment of a housing site by way of rehabilitatio n – Pursuant thereto, representation was

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