Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 754 · Decided 29 October 2010
Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Chennai v. M. Meiyappan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 754 · [2010] 12 S.C.R. 1184
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1757/2002
- Decided
- 29 October 2010
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 226; Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1)
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950. c Articles 32 and 226 - Writ petition challenging acquisition of land - Filed after 16 years of the award of compensation - HELD: The Courts are expected to be very cautious and circumspect about exercising their discretionary jurisdiction under Article 226 or Article has 0 been inordina te and unexplained delay in questioning the validity of acquisition of land - In the mslant case, the writ petitioners did not furnish any explanation, and they had participated in the proceedings before Land Acquisition Collector - High Court should have dismissed the writ
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