Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1258 · Decided 11 December 2007
Shakur Basti Shamshan Bhumi Sudhar Samiti (REGD.) v. The LT. Governor, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1258 · [2007] 13 S.C.R. 145
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5793/2007
- Decided
- 11 December 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
j Urban Development: I C Acquisition of land being used as cremation ground - State Authority allotting the land to Housing Societies after declaring it as residential area - Cremaiion of dead bodies on the land continued - Challenged by Housing Societies - High Court directing cremation on the land - Issuance of Notice D by Municipal Corporation closing the cremation ground and commissioning a new cremation ground in nearby area -Appellant, a Cremation Ground Welfare Society, filing a representation before Lieutenant Governor for allotment of the land in its favour for
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