Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 344 · Decided 29 April 2011
Prahlad Singh & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 344 · [2011] 5 S.C.R. 1002
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3779/2011
- Decided
- 29 April 2011
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 16
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - s. 16 - Acquisition of appellants' land for the purpose of urbanization - Objections C filed. by the appellants - Award passed by the Land Acquisition Collector - Appellants filed writ petitions challenging the acquisition proceedings on various grounds including the wherein the acquired land is shown as part of the Green Belt/Green D Wedge; and that the appellants were in continuous possession of the acquired land and were cultivating the same - Dismissal of the writ petitions holding that once the land vested in the State Government, the appellants did
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