Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 63 · Decided 1 April 1980
State of Kerala & ORS. ETC. v. T. N. Peter & ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 63 · [1980] 3 S.C.R. 290
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 848/1977
- Decided
- 1 April 1980
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Land Acquisition Act Section 6, 25
Headnote
Cochin Town Planning Act-S.34(1) validity of. The Cochin Town Planning Act in particular contemplates the creation of a town planning trust, the preparation of town planning schemes (section 12) acquisition of lands in this behalf (section 32) compensation for such compul· C sory taking compensation in the Kerala Land Acquisition Act. The petitioners' writ petitions challenging the validity of the Town Plan­ ning Act were allowed by the High Court on the gronnd that the provisions of Section 34(1) and 34(2A) were unconstitutional being violative of article 14 of the
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