Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 291 · Decided 14 March 2007
Chandigarh Housing Board v. Devinder Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 291 · [2007] 3 S.C.R. 1049
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7171/2000
- Decided
- 14 March 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Registration Act
Headnote
B Haryana Housing Board Act, 1971-Allotment of housing plot­ Eligibility conditions for-Regulations imposing restriction on allotment to person having residential site through Government/Semi Government/ C Municipal Committee/Improvement Trust-Allotment by Housing Board­ Allottee getting cancellation of the allotment­ Propriety of cancellation-Held: Cancelltion not permissible-Right ot acquire property though not fundamental but a constitutional and human right-A clause impinging on the right of a citizen must be construed strictly D and principle of contextual
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