Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 152 · Decided 7 March 2003
Tej Kaur and ORS. ETC. v. State of Punjab and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 152 · [2003] 2 S.C.R. 707
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 66/1998
- Decided
- 7 March 2003
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, P. VENKATARAMA REDDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 5A, 4(1)
Headnote
B Land Acquisition Act 1894: Section 5A-lnquiry under-Land acquisition-Challenged on the ground of failure of hold inquiry-Delay in challenging the proceeding-Held: Facts C of the case showing holding of the inquiry-Land owners allowed the proceedings to go on till passing of award-It indicates the purposes of industrial set up-Challenged on the ground that land liable to be exempted as it was agricultural land-Delay D in raising the objection-Surrounding lands acquired and sought to be used for industrial purpose-Held, in such circumstances land not liable to be excluded
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