Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 249 · Decided 30 October 1967
Rai Bahadur Ganga Bishnu Swaika & ORS. v. Calcutta Pinjrapole Society & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 249 · [1968] 2 S.C.R. 117
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 136/1965
- Decided
- 30 October 1967
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, J.M. SHELAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 6
Headnote
GANGA BISHNU SWAIKA & ORS. B c D E F G H_- v. CALCUITA PINJRAPOLE SOCIETY & ORS. October 30, 1967 [S. M. SUCRI AND J. ¥· SHELAT, JJ.) Land Acquisition Act (I of 1894), s. 6--Satisfaction of the Govern­ ment as to the p'urpose of and need for acquisitian-If should under s. SA of the Act. The declaration used the words 'as it appears to the Goveraor that the land is required to be taken for a public purpose' instead of the words 'the Governor is satisfied that the land is needed for a public purpose'. A suit filed by the 1st respondent against the
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