Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 21 · Decided 20 January 1988
Ramgir Uttamgir Goswami v. State of Gujarat & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 21 · [1988] 2 S.C.R. 776
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2720/1972
- Decided
- 20 January 1988
- Bench
- G.L. OZA, M.H. KANIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 133(1)(c); Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 6; Land Revenue Code Section 126
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Sections 4 and 6-lntra vires ' Constitution of India 1950-Land-Acquisition of-Enlargement of village site to house families rendered homeless by floods-Collector/ ·Survey Officer/ Revenue Aut~ority-Whether must first decide on ques- C tion regarding enlargement Officer-Whether plea of exhaustion of 'public purpose' on account of delay in acquisition tenable. · ' D .. · Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879: Section 126-Limits of sites of villages, towns and cities-Collector/Survey Officer-'-Not necessarily to first decide question to enlarge
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