Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1017 · Decided 5 September 2008
Sooraram Pratap Reddy & ORS. v. District Collector, Ranga Reddy DISTT. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1017 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 126
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5509/2008
- Decided
- 5 September 2008
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 136, 226; Land Acquisition Act
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - Part II, ss. 4 and 6 - Land acquisition - For development of infrastructure of city - The c project for the development was integrated involving State agency as well as private company - Acquisition challenged as illegal, malafide and not meant for Land acquisition proceedings were not illegal, or in colourable exercise of power - Government was right in forming an opinion 0 as to public purpose - Development of infrastructure is legal and legitimate 'public purpose' for exercising power of eminent ~ domain - An integrated and indivisible
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