Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 122 · Decided 21 February 2014
The M.D., Chennai Metro Rail LTD. v. N. Ismail & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 122 · [2014] 3 S.C.R. 64
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2572/2014
- Decided
- 21 February 2014
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
GOVERNMENT GRANT: Grant of land with conditions - Resumption of land when it ceased to be used for the purpose for which it was granted - Land required for Metro Rail Project - Steps taken by State Government to resume the land - Held: State Government as 0 the owner of the regard to the right retained by it while making the grant in the years 1898 and 1899 and in the larger public interest of setting up of the Chennai Metro Rail Project the lands were required by it, the same cannot be questioned by the original grantee or by the lessees whose E holding was
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