Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1083 · Decided 12 October 2007
Devinder Singh and Ors v. State of Punjab and Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1083 · [2007] 11 S.C.R. 475
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4843/2007
- Decided
- 12 October 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Companies Act Section 617; Land Acquisition Act Section 3, 5, 6, 41
Headnote
~ y Land Acquisition: Land Acquisition Act, 1894; Ss. 3, 5, 6 and 41 and Provisions c under Part II and Part VII of the Act/Companies Act, 1956; s. 617/Land Acquisition (Companies) Rules, 1963; r.4: Acquisition of land by State for establishing an industry by a private company-Requirement of-Held: it must also form an opinion that the land in question is not an agricultural land-If acquisition is for public purpose, procedure laid down under Part II of the Act applies, else Part VII of the Act would be applicable-Public purpose not to be assumed-Formation of opinion must be on
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)