Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 384 · Decided 1 July 2013
Rajendra Nagar Adarsh Grah Nirman Sahkari Samiti LTD. v. State of Rajasthan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 384 · [2013] 7 S.C.R. 192
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4824/2013
- Decided
- 1 July 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 300A; Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 6, 3(ee)
Headnote
LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1894: ss. 4 and 6 - Acquisition of land by State Government for setting up of Railway complex - 'Public purpose' - Held: Under ss. 4 and 6, it is the "appropriate Government" which is to be satisfied about the 'public purpose' for which the land and which is vested with the responsibilities contemplated u/ss. 4 and 6 - 'Public purpose' may be relatable to (i) Union! Central Government, or (ii) State Government or (iii) a "general public purpose", which is neither exclusively relatable to Central Government nor fully E
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