Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 331 · Decided 25 May 2010
May George v. Special Tahsildar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 331 · [2010] 7 S.C.R. 204
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2255/2006
- Decided
- 25 May 2010
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 11, 6
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: c ss. 4, 6, 11 and 18 - Acquisition for planned development of industrial town - Award made - Possession taken - Thereafter, one of the /and-owners filing writ petition challenging the award on the ground that notice u/s. 9(3) not served - Single Judge of High Court Bench of High Court dismissing writ appeal, but giving liberty to the claimant to move application u!s. 18 - On appeal, held: Once award made and possession taken, land vested in the State and cannot be diversted even if some irregularity found in the acquisition proceedings - On facts, it
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