Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 222 · Decided 25 October 1979
State of Punjab v. Gurdial Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 222 · [1980] 1 S.C.R. 1071
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1207/1978
- Decided
- 25 October 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, R.S. PATHAK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 17
Headnote
OF PUNJAB A v. GURDIAL SINGH & ORS. j · October 25, 1979 ~,,,! [V. R. KRISHNA !YER & R. S. PATHAK, .TJ.] B . Land .Acquisition Act 1894 (1 of 1894), Ss 4, SA, 6 and 17-Land ac~uisi­ ~iOn-lligh Court held state action malafide-same land acquired later u11d~r emergency po'wer C -N9 al1£1nzpt to contradict allegation despite opportunity being afiorded­ ma/afides-If p1aved. In 1962, a site was chosen for a grain market and the foundation stone foe it was laid. This spot belonged to a cousin of Respond'ent No. 22, an ex.­ Minister and an influential
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