Supreme Court of India

Harbinder Singh Sekhon v. The State of Punjab

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Reported as [2026] 3 S.C.R. 179
Bench Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 13 February 2026

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the “approval” recorded on 05.01.2022 could not lawfully cure the defect in the CLU dated 13.12.2021, and it is not capable, in law, of operating as an alteration or amendment of the Master Plan under the PRTPD Act.

Judgment, page 29

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose for consideration whether change of land use-CLU dated 13.12.2021 could have been granted for the proposed unit when the land use under the Master Plan for Sangrur treated the site as falling in rural agricultural zone; whether “approval” recorded in the 43rd meeting of the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Board dated 05.01.2022 could lawfully cure the admitted defect in the CLU and whether such approval is capable in law of operating as an alteration or amendment of the Master Plan under the PRTPD Act; whether the siting norms and

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