Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 355 · Decided 11 March 1996
Union of India and ORS. v. Jaswant Rai Kochhar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 355 · [1996] 3 S.C.R. 206
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4557/1996
- Decided
- 11 March 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1)
Headnote
Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Section 4(1) Land Acquisition----Change of user contrary to purpose notified-Per- • C missibility of-Land Acquisition for Housing Scheme-iJse of land for com­ mercial purpose---Construction of District Centre---Challenge-Quashing of notification by High public purpose-When land was sought to be acquired for Housing Scheme but was used for District Centre purpose does not cease to be public purpose-In such a case D no111enclature n1entioned in notification cannot be constrned to be a colourable one. E F G Raising fresh plea at appellate
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