Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 286 · Decided 16 July 2012
Azim Ahmad Kazmi and ORS. v. State of U.P. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 286 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 960
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2006/2003
- Decided
- 16 July 2012
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Government Grants Act, 1895 - ss. 2 and 3 - Grant of C lease by Government , Cancellation of before expiry of the lease period - Dispossession of lessee - Writ petition challenging cancellation and dispossession - Dismissed by High Court but observing that State shall not dispossess except procedure established by Jaw - o On appeal, held: Since the State has absolute power under the terms of the grant of lease to resume the leased property for itself or for any public purpose, the order canceling the lease is valid and legal - The State followed the special procedure as laid down
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