Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 294 · Decided 13 April 2011
The Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai v. R. Sivasankara Mehta and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 294 · [2011] 5 S.C.R. 243
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5740/2005
- Decided
- 13 April 2011
- Bench
- A.K. GANGULY, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 48
Headnote
LAND ACQUISITION ACT, 1894: s.48, and s.48-8 (as inserted by Land Acquisition (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1996 - Release of acquired land - A B c Land acquired in 1949 and transferred to Municipal Corporation - Government, by order dated 19.3.1995, directing reconveyance of the land to land-owners 0 - However, subsequently, by order dated 25. 7. 1995, the order dated 10. 3. 1995 cancelled - Writ petition of land owners allowed by High Court - HELD: When the order of re­ conveyance was made on 10.3.1995, s.48 of the Act was holding the field - Under the
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