Decades-Long Delay In Challenging Land Acquisition Notifications: 3-Judge Bench To Examine Whether Such Challenge Can Be Entertained [Read Order]
6 years, 11 months ago

Decades-Long Delay In Challenging Land Acquisition Notifications: 3-Judge Bench To Examine Whether Such Challenge Can Be Entertained [Read Order]

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We are of the view that delay and laches may be a bar to challenge to the acquisition after 27 years, the bench observed.The Supreme Court, in Union of India vs. Gopaldas Bhagwan Das, has referred to the larger bench the question whether the high court can entertain the plea challenging land acquisition notification when there is a delay of decades.In this case, the writ petition was. The Supreme Court, in Union of India vs. Gopaldas Bhagwan Das, has referred to the larger bench the question whether the high court can entertain the plea challenging land acquisition notification when there is a delay of decades. We are of the view that delay and laches may be a bar to challenge to the acquisition after 27 years, the bench of Justice AK Goel and Justice R Banumathi said taking note of another decision of two-judge bench of the apex court in Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Chennai vs. M Meiyappan & Ors wherein it dismissed the challenge against such notification on the ground the petitioners therein had no explanation as to why it took them 16 years to challenge the acquisition of their lands. The bench also noted that the observation made in the Tamil Nadu Housing Board case that land acquisition proceedings the court should not encourage stale litigation as it may hinder projects of public importance, was also reiterated by another three-judge bench in the recent judgment in Indore Development authority vesus Shailendra through Lrs.

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Land acquired for public purposes cannot be returned to owner by beneficiary through private deal: Supreme Court
5 hours, 39 minutes ago

Land acquired for public purposes cannot be returned to owner by beneficiary through private deal: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court, in a judgment on Thursday, held that it was a fraud played on the State’s power of eminent domain if land acquired by the government for public purposes is transferred back to the original owner by the beneficiary of the acquisition through a private agreement. The verdict by a Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna …

Court dismisses Pune man's land plea, fines petitioner Rs 1 lakh
2 days, 22 hours ago

Court dismisses Pune man's land plea, fines petitioner Rs 1 lakh

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Monday imposed a cost of 1 lakh on a Pune resident while dismissing his writ petition challenging a land acquisition process completed in 1972. Khinvasara, who filed the petition in 2010, alleged, "The government had never lawfully acquired the land, had not paid compensation, and had inserted its name in the revenue records without due …

Telangana High Court Partly Stays Land Acquisition Notification For Setting Up Multipurpose Industrial Park In Vikharabad District
3 days, 16 hours ago

Telangana High Court Partly Stays Land Acquisition Notification For Setting Up Multipurpose Industrial Park In Vikharabad District

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has suspended part of a Notification, issued to acquire land for setting up a Multiple purpose Industrial Park in Vikharabad District after certain land owners moved the court contending that the study for Determination of Social Impact and Public Purpose under the Land Acquisition Act could not be dispensed with.  "In these writ petitions, the …

Karnataka High Court questions delay in eviction in HD Kumaraswamy land case
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3 days, 22 hours ago

Karnataka High Court questions delay in eviction in HD Kumaraswamy land case

India Today  

The Karnataka High Court has raised concerns over the delay in executing its order to remove encroachments in a land case involving Union Minister of Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy. Expressing strong displeasure at the Revenue Department’s inaction, the court took a serious view of the situation and sought accountability from the authorities. Government advocates informed the bench that 14 acres …

Ambala ring road project dispute: SC seeks army, NHAI officials’ presence
2 weeks ago

Ambala ring road project dispute: SC seeks army, NHAI officials’ presence

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the presence of senior Army officials of Western Command and NHAI project director in a dispute over land acquisition for the Ambala ring road project in Haryana. The top court was hearing a plea of one Vinod Kumar Sharma who challenged the August 2023 order of the Punjab and Haryana high court dismissing a …

Madras High Court quashes acquisition of Jagathratchakan’s land for Kilambakkam skywalk
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Madras High Court quashes acquisition of Jagathratchakan’s land for Kilambakkam skywalk

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has quashed an order passed by Chengalpattu Collector on June 17, 2024 for acquiring 59 ares of land, owned by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Member of Parliament S. Jagathratchakan and his family members, to construct a skywalk connecting Kilambakkam bus terminus with a proposed suburban railway station nearby. The judge said, Section 15 of the Right to …

Bombay High Court Quashes Acquisition Of Agricultural Lands For Navi Mumbai Airport Project
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Bombay High Court Quashes Acquisition Of Agricultural Lands For Navi Mumbai Airport Project

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has set aside an award of land acquisition of agricultural lands for the purpose of Navi Mumbai Airport Project at Vahal Village in Panvel District, noting that there were procedural lapses in the proceedings. The Court observed that without invoking the urgency provisions in Section 17, Section 5A requirements were dispensed with and a Section 6 …

HC declines to stay single judge order letting Kerala govt. acquire land from estates for landslide survivors
2 weeks, 6 days ago

HC declines to stay single judge order letting Kerala govt. acquire land from estates for landslide survivors

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the High Court on Thursday declined to stay a single judge’s verdict allowing the State government to take over land from the estates of Harrisons Malayalam Ltd. and Elstone Tea Estates Ltd. for establishing new townships for landslide survivors in Wayanad. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu also adjourned to March …

'Speculative Litigation': Bombay High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Exemplary Costs For Ownership Claim On Land Acquired In 1947
3 weeks ago

'Speculative Litigation': Bombay High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Exemplary Costs For Ownership Claim On Land Acquired In 1947

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court imposed Rs. 2 lakh in exemplary costs on the petitioners for 'taking chances' with the court process by filing a petition claiming ownership of land acquired in 1947, offering no explanation for the 77-year delay and making contradictory pleadings and unverified averments. Sonak and Justice Jitendra Jain remarked, “Based upon utterly contradictory pleadings regarding the status …

Telangana HC orders action over land grab bid
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Telangana HC orders action over land grab bid

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court took on file a writ appeal qua alleged encroachment of government land at Indranagar in Gachibowli. The single judge considering the arguments said that authorities were required to firstly protect the government land from being encroached; secondly, by ensuring that no unauthorised and illegal construction comes up therein and thirdly, when …

Telangana High Court stays construction on land allotted to caste societies in Hyderabad
1 month ago

Telangana High Court stays construction on land allotted to caste societies in Hyderabad

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court has directed that no further construction should be carried out on the disputed land in Khanamet village, Serilingampally mandal of Rangareddy district, pending the final outcome of a PIL challenging its allotment. The PIL sought declaration of the allocation of six acres and 35 guntas of prime land in Survey No.41/14 to Viswa Balija, Kapu, …

Chief secretary seeks four weeks to report on Bhoodan land pattadar passbook case
1 month, 1 week ago

Chief secretary seeks four weeks to report on Bhoodan land pattadar passbook case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari on Tuesday requested the Telangana High Court for four weeks time to file a comprehensive report on issuing succession rights and pattadar passbooks to ‘Boodhan land’ parcels at Nagaram of Maheshwaram mandal to private parties. The Chief Secretary submitted that a suo motu case was initiated by the revenue principal secretary, competent authority for the …

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024: Land Laws
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2024: Land Laws

Live Law  

LAND LAWS - SUPREME COURT ANNUAL DIGEST 2024 Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1972; Sections 36, 37, and 38 - Acquisition and release of land designated for public purposes - The suit land, originally shown in private ownership in the 1978 and 1981 Layout Plans, was reserved for "public purpose" under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning …

Karnataka court cancels 7.59-acre land grant to MP Veerendra Heggade’s brother
1 month, 1 week ago

Karnataka court cancels 7.59-acre land grant to MP Veerendra Heggade’s brother

New Indian Express  

MANGALURU: Puttur Assistant Commissioner’s Court has issued an order cancelling a grant of 7.59 acres of agricultural land in Dharmasthala of Dakshina Kannada district to D Harshendra Kumar, brother of Rajya Sabha MP and Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade. The land grant was challenged by K Somanath Nayak of Nagarika Seva Trust, Belthangady, in the Puttur Assistant Commissioner’s Court in …

Encroachment Delaying DDA's Yamuna River Restoration Work: Delhi HC Rejects Farmers' Plea For Occupation In Flood Plain, Imposes ₹5K Cost
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Encroachment Delaying DDA's Yamuna River Restoration Work: Delhi HC Rejects Farmers' Plea For Occupation In Flood Plain, Imposes ₹5K Cost

Live Law  

In a plea for a restrain on Delhi Development Authority and other authorities from disturbing the possession of land located on the Yamuna river bank by certain farmers, the Delhi High Court said that it appeared that the petitioners had encroached upon the land which falls in the flood plain area. Justice Dharmesh Sharma in his order said, “In summary, …

[Land Acquisition Act] Interest Added To Compensation Becomes Part Of Awarded Sum, Cannot Be Segregated For Further Calculation: Jharkhand HC
1 month, 2 weeks ago

[Land Acquisition Act] Interest Added To Compensation Becomes Part Of Awarded Sum, Cannot Be Segregated For Further Calculation: Jharkhand HC

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court, in a recent judgment, has observed that in land acquisition cases, there is no distinction between the sum and sum without interest, and once the interest is included in the sum for which the Award is made, that cannot be segregated. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi presiding over the case, observed, “There is no distinction between the …

Supreme Court Rejects NHAI Plea To Prospectively Apply 2019 Judgment Allowing Solatium & Interest For National Highway Land Acquisitions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Rejects NHAI Plea To Prospectively Apply 2019 Judgment Allowing Solatium & Interest For National Highway Land Acquisitions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today dismissed plea filed by NHAI seeking a clarification that the Court's 2019 ruling in Union of India v. Tarsem Singh on grant of solatium and interest to landowners shall apply prospectively.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan rendered the decision, stating,"Granting such clarification would nullify the very relief that Tarsem Singh intended to. The …

Telangana High Court Closes 66-Years Old Land Dispute On 'Non-Existent Properties'
2 months ago

Telangana High Court Closes 66-Years Old Land Dispute On 'Non-Existent Properties'

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court recently put an end to a long pending dispute regarding the Asman Jahi Estate–belonging to a noble family from the erstwhile State of Hyderabad–after noting that the litigation in respect of non-existent properties had gone on 66 years. “In the instant case, admittedly, there is no material to indicate that the properties mentioned at serial No.230 …

Lucknow Bench to hear on Friday case related to land declared enemy property
2 months ago

Lucknow Bench to hear on Friday case related to land declared enemy property

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow, The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court will hear on Friday the case pertaining to a contentious piece of land declared as enemy property in Lucknow's posh Gomtinagar area. Lucknow Bench to hear on Friday case related to land declared enemy property The state counsel on Thursday submitted in a sealed cover documents related to the case for …

Manesar Land scam: Stay orders cease to operate after January 27: HC
2 months, 1 week ago

Manesar Land scam: Stay orders cease to operate after January 27: HC

Hindustan Times  

Following a request from the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Punjab and Haryana high court is to expedite the hearing on petitions related to the Manesar land scam in Haryana involving former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, pending since four years. The HC bench of justice Manjari Nehru Kaul while fixing January 27 as the next date for hearing of …

Gurugram land scam: HC upholds CBI court order summoning bizman as accused
2 months, 1 week ago

Gurugram land scam: HC upholds CBI court order summoning bizman as accused

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld a special Central Bureau of Investigation court order regarding summoning of a company director as additional accused in Gurugram land scam involving the former chief minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The accused include former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and several officials of the Haryana government and the petitioner, Amit Katyal, managing director of …

Karnataka HC directs BDA to complete remaining 1.8 km road of PRR Part II project while refusing to quash acquisition of 31 acres of land
2 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka HC directs BDA to complete remaining 1.8 km road of PRR Part II project while refusing to quash acquisition of 31 acres of land

The Hindu  

While refusing to quash the acquisition of around 31 acres of land, which was acquired among other land parcels for the formation of the Peripheral Ring Road project but no award was passed for the land, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the Bangalore Development Authority to pay compensation for the land within six months and complete the remaining …

Gurugram Land Scam: Punjab & Haryana HC Rejects Additional Accused's Challenge To Summoning Order, Finds Prima Facie 'Active Role In Conspiracy'
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2 months, 1 week ago

Gurugram Land Scam: Punjab & Haryana HC Rejects Additional Accused's Challenge To Summoning Order, Finds Prima Facie 'Active Role In Conspiracy'

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the order summoning an additional accused to face trial in the Gurugram land acquisition scam, allegedly involving then Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and others from the Industrial Model Township. Justice Kuldeep Tiwari opined that there are sufficient incriminating evidence which require the Petitioner- Amit Katyal, who was the Director of …

Karnataka High Court Upholds BDA's Land Acquisition Notifications For Construction Of Peripheral Ring Road Between Hosur And Tumakur
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2 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court Upholds BDA's Land Acquisition Notifications For Construction Of Peripheral Ring Road Between Hosur And Tumakur

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the notifications issued by the Bangalore Development Authority to acquire land for construction of Peripheral Ring Road-II, between Hosur-Mysore Road and Tumakur Road. It said, “I am of the view that, as the respondent-BDA has laid road in Peripheral Ring Road for more than 80% of the project and as such, taking into consideration …

Supreme Court Slams Maharashtra Officials For Non-Payment Of Land Acquisition Compensation, Directs Recovery Of Cost From Guilty Officers
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Slams Maharashtra Officials For Non-Payment Of Land Acquisition Compensation, Directs Recovery Of Cost From Guilty Officers

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today slammed Maharashtra authorities over non-payment of timely compensation to persons whose lands were compulsory acquired by the state way back in 2005. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was dealing with the petitioner's plea against a High Court order, whereby the Zilla Parishad was directed to pay compensation to respondent-claimants against compulsory …

Land Acquisition Compensation - In Exceptional Cases, Courts Can Direct Market Value Be Determined Based On A Date After Prelim Notification : Supreme Court
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Land Acquisition Compensation - In Exceptional Cases, Courts Can Direct Market Value Be Determined Based On A Date After Prelim Notification : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today observed that although the land acquisition compensation is to be determined at the market rate prevailing on the date of issuance of the notification regarding the acquisition of land, the compensation can be determined based on a later date in exceptional circumstances when the delay in the disbursal of the compensation has been inordinate.The bench of. …

Punjab & Haryana HC Strikes Down Provision To Denotify Land Inserted By Haryana Assembly In Land Acquisition Act
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Strikes Down Provision To Denotify Land Inserted By Haryana Assembly In Land Acquisition Act

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has struck down Section 101A inserted by Haryana assembly in the Right to Fair Compensation Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013.This provision gave state government the power to denotify a land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act 1894 if the public purpose for which the land was acquired becomes unviable. The …

Unreasonable Delay In Seeking Restoration Of Granted Land Can Be Ground For Denying Relief: Karnataka High Court
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Unreasonable Delay In Seeking Restoration Of Granted Land Can Be Ground For Denying Relief: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court recently upheld an order of the single judge which dismissed a petition filed by the original grantee of a land who had sought restoration of land to themselves, 12 years after it was first transferred to private persons. 12 years having been passed, it would be highly unreasonable, unjust and inequitable, as well as against law …

State Must Conclude Land Acquisition Within 'Reasonable Time' After Barring Construction U/S 27 Rajasthan Housing Board Act: High Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

State Must Conclude Land Acquisition Within 'Reasonable Time' After Barring Construction U/S 27 Rajasthan Housing Board Act: High Court

Live Law  

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that notification under Section 27 of the Rajasthan Housing Board Act, 1970 barring construction on a proposed scheme area affects the right to enjoyment of property of landowners and thus, it cannot be allowed to block the property for an indefinite period. The division bench of Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Munnuri Laxman held …

"Classic Case Of NCR Region Fuelling Unnecessary Litigation": Punjab & Haryana HC Slaps Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Repeated Pleas Over Gurugram Land
3 months, 3 weeks ago

"Classic Case Of NCR Region Fuelling Unnecessary Litigation": Punjab & Haryana HC Slaps Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Repeated Pleas Over Gurugram Land

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed an exemplary cost of Rs.1 lakh on a litigant who repeatedly approached the court challenging a land acquired for development of Gurugram's sector 57.Despite the fact that the High Court had granted liberty to the Petitioner to approach the appropriate authority in first round of litigation, the petitioner filed SLP for second …

Legal Briefs | Telangana HC not to go into preliminary notification on land acquisition
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Legal Briefs | Telangana HC not to go into preliminary notification on land acquisition

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court refused to interfere with a preliminary notification issued with regard to land acquisition at Dappur Waddi and Malgi villages in Sangareddy district for the proposed ‘pharma village’. Safeguard Sri Ranganayaka Swamy temple, HC tells endowments chief Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court directed the commissioner of endowments department …

Legal Briefs | Govt officers in Telangana face contempt heat in land acquisition case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Legal Briefs | Govt officers in Telangana face contempt heat in land acquisition case

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Justice T. Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court initiated contempt proceedings against senior government officials for failure to comply with court orders directing payment of enhanced compensation in a decade-old land acquisition case. Dissatisfied with the initial compensation, petitioner M. Balakrishna Reddy sought a reference under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Reiterates Limited Scope For Interference U/S 34 & 37 Of Arbitration Act, Upholds Award In Land Development Dispute
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Reiterates Limited Scope For Interference U/S 34 & 37 Of Arbitration Act, Upholds Award In Land Development Dispute

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court bench of Justices Arun Palli and Vikram Aggarwal has reiterated that the scope of interference with an arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, is narrow, and the appellate jurisdiction under Section 37 is even more circumscribed. The court upheld an arbitral award in favour of village landowners, who …

Telangana HC may hear plea of Sultan-Ul-Uloom colleges today
4 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC may hear plea of Sultan-Ul-Uloom colleges today

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court is likely to hear on Tuesday a writ appeal by the management of the Sultan-Ul-Uloom group of educational institutions. Compensation in Kistaram OCP case The Telangana High Court will hear a writ plea in an ongoing dispute involving the enhancement of compensation for land acquired for the Kistaram Open Cast Project …

Supreme Court Dismisses Himachal Pradesh Govt's Appeal Against HC Decision Quashing Illegal Land Acquisition
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Himachal Pradesh Govt's Appeal Against HC Decision Quashing Illegal Land Acquisition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by the State government of Himachal Pradesh challenging the division bench's order of the Himachal High Court which had stated that the government forcibly acquired private property violating the fundamental right under Article 300A of the Indian Constitution. Justice Datta at the outset asked the advocate for the appellant: “Your subject …

Right To Relief Lost: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Filed After 44 Yrs Challenging Land Acquisition Proceedings From 1978
8 months ago

Right To Relief Lost: Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Filed After 44 Yrs Challenging Land Acquisition Proceedings From 1978

Live Law  

Observing that “Forty four years is too long a time to maintain legal action. With passage of such protracted time, the right to relief is lost,” the Karnataka High Court dismissed an appeal filed by an appellant questioning the land acquisition proceedings initiated and completed in the year 1978. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice …

School Built On Land Acquired For 'Mandi' Serves Public Purpose: P&H HC Declines Former Owner's Plea To Release Acquired Land, Imposes 25K Cost
8 months, 2 weeks ago

School Built On Land Acquired For 'Mandi' Serves Public Purpose: P&H HC Declines Former Owner's Plea To Release Acquired Land, Imposes 25K Cost

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to allow a plea seeking the release of the land acquired by the State Government for the development of a 'Mandi' which was later used for building a school, observing that the public purpose is served.A division bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Lalit Batra said, "The reason is but trite, …

[Land Acquisition] Plea For Enhancement Of Compensation After 50-Yrs Stained By 'Gross Delay': Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹25k Cost
8 months, 3 weeks ago

[Land Acquisition] Plea For Enhancement Of Compensation After 50-Yrs Stained By 'Gross Delay': Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹25k Cost

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 25,000 on petitioners for filing plea for enhancement of compensation granted in 1975 for land acquired for public purpose, observing that the plea is "stained with a vice of gross delay and latches".While noting that there is no merit in the petition, a devision bench of Justice Sureshwar …

Kerala High Court Stays For 2 Months Cheruvally Estate Acquisition For Sabarimala Greenfield Airport
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Stays For 2 Months Cheruvally Estate Acquisition For Sabarimala Greenfield Airport

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has ordered status quo for two months on acquisition of the Cheruvally Estate in Kottayam for construction and development of the Sabarimala Greenfield Airport. Justice Viju Abraham passed the interim order in a petition filed by the estate's owner Ayana Charitable Trust and its managing trustee, opposing the government notification under Section 11 of the Right …

Supreme Court Criticises Gujarat HC Bench For Releasing Case Without Judgment 10 Months After Reserving Verdict
11 months ago

Supreme Court Criticises Gujarat HC Bench For Releasing Case Without Judgment 10 Months After Reserving Verdict

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has voiced its criticism in a matter where the Gujarat High Court reserved a judgment for ten months and ultimately released it because it was not pronounced within a reasonable time. "We hope earnestly that this does not reflect the trend in High Courts in other parts of the country as well", the Supreme Court observed in …

Poll Panel Assures To Give ‘Nazari Naksha’ to BJP Candidate
1 year ago

Poll Panel Assures To Give ‘Nazari Naksha’ to BJP Candidate

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday recorded a statement of the Election Commission that it would give a copy of Nazari Naksha, which would be a map disclosing all households which fall within the boundaries of each polling station and the number of voters in each household to Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, BJP’s Chevella candidate, in …

TS Defends Taking Back 850 Acres from IMG Bharata
1 year ago

TS Defends Taking Back 850 Acres from IMG Bharata

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The state government on Thusday defended annulling of the 850 acres of land in Gachibowli to Billy Rao’s IMG Bharata Pvt Ltd way back in 2006. Advocate-General A. Sudarshan Reddy submitted the contentions of the state government in the petition filed by IMG Bharata, which has challenged the government’s decision to take back the land. Sudarshan Reddy said that …

Land Acquisition | Lived Like Nomads, Couldn't Contact Advocate: Karnataka HC Asks Reference Court To Reconsider Villagers' Plea For Enhanced Award
1 year, 1 month ago

Land Acquisition | Lived Like Nomads, Couldn't Contact Advocate: Karnataka HC Asks Reference Court To Reconsider Villagers' Plea For Enhanced Award

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of land owners whose land was acquired by the government but their reference application seeking enhancement of compensation was disposed of for want of necessary evidence being placed on record. A single judge bench of Justice V Srishananda allowed the appeal filed by Annappa Appasab Mokashi and others challenging the order …

Karnataka Industrial Area Development Act | High Court Sets Aside 2009 Notification For Land Acquisition Upon Noting No Steps Were Taken For 14 Yrs
1 year, 1 month ago

Karnataka Industrial Area Development Act | High Court Sets Aside 2009 Notification For Land Acquisition Upon Noting No Steps Were Taken For 14 Yrs

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has observed that the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board which is entrusted to establish and develop industries in suitable areas in the State, must first determine the area that is required for the establishment of industries after conducting a study and only thereafter venture to acquire the lands. The court said “The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development …

MahaRERA grants interest on delayed possession to Minerva buyer
1 year, 1 month ago

MahaRERA grants interest on delayed possession to Minerva buyer

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority has granted interest on delayed possession to the buyer of a private firm who purchased a flat in Lokhandwala Minerva, Mahalaxmi, from January 1, 2023, on the premise that the developer had failed to provide possession on terms agreed upon earlier. MahaRERA has granted interest on delayed possession to the buyer of a …

Judicial Service Exams: Question And Answers (MCQs) Based On Latest Judgements- PART-2
1 year, 1 month ago

Judicial Service Exams: Question And Answers (MCQs) Based On Latest Judgements- PART-2

Live Law  

MCQs based on Current SC Judgments- September 2023 21. 2023 LiveLaw 724, 2023 INSC 776 b) Drakshayanamma v. Girish, 2023 LiveLaw 709 c) Appaiya vs Andimuthu@ Thangapandi & Ors, 2023 LiveLaw 811 d) State of Punjab v. Shika Trading Co., 2023 LiveLaw 721: 2023 INSC 773 Answer- c) Appaiya vs Andimuthu@ Thangapandi & Ors, 2023 LiveLaw 811 Explanation: The Supreme …

State Can't Evade Responsibility: Bombay HC Orders Compensation To Family Who Moved Court 37 Yrs After Its Land Was Used For Electricity Substation
1 year, 2 months ago

State Can't Evade Responsibility: Bombay HC Orders Compensation To Family Who Moved Court 37 Yrs After Its Land Was Used For Electricity Substation

Live Law  

The State cannot cite delay in approaching the court to absolve itself of its responsibility towards those whose private property has been “expropriated” or taken for public use without compensation, the Bombay High Court has held. A division bench comprising Justices BP Colabawalla and Somasekhar Sundaresan ordered the Collector of Thane to compute compensation payable to Damodarprasad Bhadani's family under …

[Eminent Domain] State Can Acquire Land In Militarized Zone But Can't Compromise National Security: Punjab & Haryana HC
1 year, 4 months ago

[Eminent Domain] State Can Acquire Land In Militarized Zone But Can't Compromise National Security: Punjab & Haryana HC

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to interfere in the land acquisition done by the State authorities directing that if it falls within the milititarized zone then it should be kept free from construction and "develop as an open green area", "without compromising the national security. The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to interfere in the …

Actor Pooja Bhatt’s land | Madras High Court asks Nilgiris administration for status report on resuming property
1 year, 4 months ago

Actor Pooja Bhatt’s land | Madras High Court asks Nilgiris administration for status report on resuming property

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has called for a status report from the Nilgiris district administration with respect to the steps initiated by it to resume 26.12 cents of land in Jagadha village, Kotagiri Taluk from film producer and actor Pooja Bhatt. Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy called for the status report due to conflicting claims …

Karnataka High Court quashes 2005-06 land acquisition for beautification of national monuments at Hampi
1 year, 4 months ago

Karnataka High Court quashes 2005-06 land acquisition for beautification of national monuments at Hampi

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has quashed the acquisition of around seven acres of land for beautification and infrastructure improvement near protected monuments of Ugra Narasimha and Badavilinga temples at Hampi. The court held that the action of the State government in acquiring the land by dispensing with Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which mandates hearing of …

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