Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1045 · Decided 12 September 1996
State of Rajasthan and ORS. v. D.R. Laxmi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1045 · [1996] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 221
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2411/1993
- Decided
- 12 September 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, FAIZAN UDDIN, G.B. PATTANAIK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226; Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 4(1)
Headnote
B Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Section 4( 1 )-Does 11ot e11visage specification of the nature of the land as to whether it is waste or arable la11d when the 11otification is published. C Section 17(4)-11wugh lands situated ill Urban areas, Urban Land Ceili11g Act recognises the existence of of raising crops, they remain to be anzble lands-Hence exercise of power under S.17(4) by the Govemment was not bad in law. Sections 4(1), 6, 16, 17(2) & 48-Absence of publication of the sub­ stance of the notification in the locality-Wliether re11ders the proceedings void--Held, conduct
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