Supreme Court of India

Sukh Dutt Ratra & Anr. v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 2 S.C.R. 1041
Bench S. Ravindra Bhat and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 6 April 2022

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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

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