Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 59 · Decided 20 January 2011
Godavari Sugar Mills LTD. v. The State of Maharashtra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 59 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 180
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 819/2011
- Decided
- 20 January 2011
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226 - Scope of - Acquisition of land - Writ petition seeking declaration that total C uompensation including interest for acquisition @ 3% per annum was unjust and unreasonable and seeking mandamus to pay the compensation with interest at 9% per annum from the of possession to date of actual payment - Maintainability of - Held: Writ petition is of a public law o character as it related to the public law functions on the part of the state government and its officers, and therefore maintainable. Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) E
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