Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 156 · Decided 1 September 1981
State of Assam & Ors v. Banshidhar Shewbhagwan & CO.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 156 · [1982] 1 S.C.R. 554
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 321/1970
- Decided
- 1 September 1981
- Bench
- V.D. TULZAPURKAR, A. VARADARAJAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Lta$t of Government land-Land leased to respondenJ..--Respondent deV.elo- C~ ped the land at great expense-Lease not renewed-Government claimed that land was needed/or defence purposes-Later /pase sought to be auctioned-Land requi­ red by Government for same purpose-Action whether ma/a fide acquired by the Government during World War II an aerodrome was constructed and on the remaining 300 odd acres D \Vhich remained unused a thick jungle grew over the years. E f Pursuant to tl1e decision of thr Government of India to lease out the un­ used portion of the land, the respondent
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