Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 38 · Decided 16 January 2004
State of A.P. v. V. Venkataswara Rao (Dead) BY LR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 38 · [2004] 1 S.C.R. 538
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5956/1997
- Decided
- 16 January 2004
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Land Laws: C Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976: Section 20(/)(a)-Vacant land-In excess of ceiling limit-Power to exempt-Landowner leased out excess vacant land to a company for a period of 33 years when there was no prohibition for alienation of vacant land­ State Government the one that the said land would vest in the State Government after expiry of 33 years-High Court struck down the said condition-Correctness of-Held: Conditions might be imposed to serve the object and purpose of the Act and the exemption order itself-Jn the absence of vesting of the land in
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