Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 187 · Decided 4 May 1994
Jay Laxmi Salt Works (P) LTD. v. The State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 187 · [1994] 3 S.C.R. 866
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2482/1972
- Decided
- 4 May 1994
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, R.M. SAHAI (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Limitation Act Section 36
Headnote
SALT WORKS (P) LTD. v. THE STATE OF GUJARAT MAY 4, 1994 (KULDIP SINGH AND R.M. SABAJ, JJ.j Limitation Act, 1908 (as it stood prior to 1963) :Articles 36 and 120-Reclamation bund/t-Erection of by Govemment-f'tood due to mon­ soon-Nearby factory flooded-Claim for damages-Independent covered under Article 120-Strict liability-Rule in Rylands v. FletcheHleld: not modified by Supreme Court in State of Punjab v. Modem Cultivators. D In 1954, the then State of Saurashtra made a plan for reclamation of vast area of land from saltish water of sea by erecting a reclamation bundh.
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