Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 463 · Decided 11 October 2012
Surinder Singh Brar and Others ETC.ETC. v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 463 · [2012] 12 S.C.R. 1077
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7454/2012
- Decided
- 11 October 2012
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 239(1), 239; Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 5A, 5A(2)
Headnote
A B Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - ss.4, SA and 6 - Land Acquisition in Union Territory of Chandigarh - Power of the C Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh to sanction acquisition - Held: Acquisition of land for and on behalf of Union Territories must be sanctioned of the particular Union Territory - No other officer competent to exercise the power vested in 'the appropriate Government' D under the Act and the Rules framed thereunder - Nothing in language of s.3(1) of the 1987 Act from which it can be inferred that the Administrator of the Union
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