Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 185 · Decided 3 May 1994
Srinivasa COOP. House Building Society LTD. v. Madam Gurumurthy Sastry and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 185 · [1994] 3 S.C.R. 848
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2339/1989
- Decided
- 3 May 1994
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, N. VENKATACHALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 31A; Land Acquisition Act
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (prior to 1984 Amendment}-Ss.J(e) and (f), Chs. II and VII-Public purpose and private purposr-Acquisition of land for registered housing society for constrnction of houses for its member:r- C Government making token contribution towards compensation, and procedure under cedure under Ch.VII should have been followed-Held, a company (coopera­ tive society) may compulsorily acquired land only in strict compliance with Ch. VII which applies to companies, and not Ch.II which deals with acquisi- D tion for public purposr-Such acquisition can be effected only
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