Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 906 · Decided 15 December 1995
Chameli Singh v. The State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 906 · [1995] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 827
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 12122/1995
- Decided
- 15 December 1995
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, FAIZAN UDDIN, B.N. KIRPAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21; Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 5, 4(1)
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act 1894, Ss. 4, 5-A and 17(1) r/w 17 (4)-Acquisition of land for consfJUcting houses for dalits-Jnvocation of urgency clause and dispensing with enquiry under s.5-A-Pre and post-notification delay of three C year~Whether S.4 notification invalid-Held, government'.< opinion on of providing houses to dalits remains unsolved, urgency subsists. Constitution of India, Article 21-Land Acquisition Act 1894, S.4-W/1ether acquisition of lands for constrncting houses for dalits deprives D right to livelihood of land owners-Held, no; individual's right must yield to large
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