Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 416 · Decided 25 July 1995
The State of Uttar Pradesh and ANR. v. Keshav Prasad Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 416 · [1995] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 329
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1317/1978
- Decided
- 25 July 1995
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, K.S. PARIPOORNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 4(1)
Headnote
UTTAR PRADESH AND ANR. A v. KESHAV PRASAD SINGH ,-..,,,. JULY 25, 1995 B [K. RAMASWAMY AND K.S. PARIPOORNAN, JJ.) Land Acquisition Act, 1894:Sections 4( 1), 5-A, 6 and 17(4). State-Acquisition of land for constrnction of PWD office-Constrnc_- c tion of building and wall for protection of Notification for disputed land and dispensing en- quiry-Exercise of power of eminent domain by State-Held justified in view of the public purpose. D The appellant-State acquired certain lands for construction of PWD office in Azamgarh city. Accordingly, a building and a compound wall to
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