Supreme Court of India
Sukh Dutt Ratra & Anr. v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, the appeal is allowed and the impugned order of the High Court is hereby set aside.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Art. 300- – Right aga inst depriviation of property – Respondent state utilise d subject land and adjoining lands for the construction of road in 1972-73 – Appellants claimed to be owners of subject land – llegedly no land acquisition proceedings were initiated nor compe nsation was given to the appellants or the owners of the adjoining lands – Land acquisition proceedings were initiated in respect o f neighbouring land owners and award was passed on 04.10.2005 – Ap pellants filed writ petition in 2011 before the High Court s eeking compensation for the subject
Authorities it was built on
- 2005 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. Darius Shapur Chenai and Ors.
- 1964 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Bhailal Bhai & Ors.
- 1974 P.S. Sadasivaswamy v. The State of Tamil Nadu
- 2004 M/s. Dale and Carrington Invt. P. Ltd. and Another v. P.K. Prathapan and Others
- 1989 State of U.P. & Ors. v. Maharaja Dharmander Prasad Singh Etc
- 1995 State of Maharashtra v. Digambar
- 1968 Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation v. Shri Balwant Regular Motor Service Amravati & Ors.
- 2011 M/s. Delhi Airtech Services Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Anr.
- 1954 Wazir Chand v. The State of Himachal Pradesh.
- 2005 Air India Ltd. and Ors. v. Vishal Kapoor and Ors.
- 1961 Bishan Das and Others v. The State of Punjab and Others
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Mizo Chief Council Mizoram Thr. President Shri L. Chinzah v. Union of India
- 2024 Kukreja Construction Company & Others v. State of Maharashtra & Others
Of those, 2 referred to
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