Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1138 · Decided 1 October 1996
Laxmanrao Bapurao Jadhav and ANR. v. The State of Maharashtra and Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1138 · [1996] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 161
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4165/1988
- Decided
- 1 October 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 3, 4(1)
Headnote
B Land Acquisition Act, 1894. s.3-A as inserted by Bombay (Amendment) Act of 1945, ss. 4(1) and 6(1)-Acquisition of land for constmction of houses for weaker sections of C society-Declaration u/s.6(1) publishe~Writ petition challenging the acquisi- tion allowed by High Court on the ground that Court is incorrect-It is the State Government that is required to decide whether the land is needed or is likely to be needed for public purpose----s. 6 gives a conclusiveness to the public D purpose found by the Government on publication of declaration in the Gazette. CIVIL APPELLATE
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