Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 889 · Decided 14 December 2021
M/S. Soorajmull Nagarmull v. Sri Brijesh Mehrotra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 889 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 725
- Case number
- CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 726/2017
- Decided
- 14 December 2021
- Bench
- R. SUBHASH REDDY, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Contempt
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 3(C); Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 6
Headnote
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 - Contempt - When not - Land belonging to the petitioner acquired under 1894 Act - s.4 notification issued in 1981, possession taken - Land subsequently declared as protected forest - - Fresh/further notifications issued - Challenged by petitioner in writ petition, various other writ petitions pending - Award passed in 2006 purportedly pursuant to 1981 notification - High Court held that the possession and title of the land vested in the respondent-State
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