Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 653 · Decided 24 November 2020
B. K. Ravichandra & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 653 · [2020] 12 S.C.R. 974
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1460/2010
- Decided
- 24 November 2020
- Bench
- INDIRA BANERJEE, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Properties Act, 1952: Requisition under - Continuation of occupation of the Union Government, even after lapse of the Act - Refusal to hand back the possession - High Court by impugned order despite holding that the merit, did not issue any direction to release the lands in question - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: Acquisition under the Act is temporary - State's occupation ceased to be lawful, with the lapse of the Act in the year 1987 - Right to property though not
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