Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 532 · Decided 22 November 1994
State of Tamil Nadu and ORS. v. Ananthi Ammal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 532 · [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 666
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3322/1981
- Decided
- 22 November 1994
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, S.P. BHARUCHA, K.S. PARIPOORNAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Land Acquisition Act Section 5, 11, 18, 4to6
Headnote
Constitution of India-Article 14-Tamil Nadu Acquisition oflandfor Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, 1978--Constitutional validity­ Cha/lenged-Held, Except for provisions of Section 11 (1) insofar as they provide for payment of compensation in instalments, the Act is intra vires the a lump-sum' struck down. This appeal was filed by the State against the judgment and order of the High Court whereby the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Schemes Act, 1978, was struck down as being ultra vires the Constitution of India. The High Court came to the conclusion
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