Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 478 · Decided 3 July 2015
Laxmi Devi v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 478 · [2015] 11 S.C.R. 179
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3385/2012
- Decided
- 3 July 2015
- Bench
- VIKRAMAJIT SEN, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 17
Headnote
LAXMIDEVI v. STATE OF BIHAR & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 3385 of 2012) JULY03, 2015 [VIKRAMAJIT SEN AND ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE,JJ.] Land Acquisition Act, 1894: s. 17 - Land expropriated by the State pursuant to the exercise of special powers in cases of urgency contained in s. 17 thereof for on the ground that resort to s. 17 was malafide - Writ petition disposed of with direction to pass award within 4 months - Award not passed till date - On appeal, Held: Appellants land owners were being denied just and fair compensation for their land in proceedings which commenced in 1987
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