Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 202 · Decided 7 September 1967
Union of India v. Kamlabhai Harjiwandas Parekh & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 202 · [1968] 1 S.C.R. 463
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1564/1966
- Decided
- 7 September 1967
- Bench
- K.N. WANCHOO, R.S. BACHAWAT, V. RAMASWAMI, G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 31, 32, 31(2), 19(l)(f), 14
Headnote
Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952, s. 8(3)(b"-Compensation-Arbitrator given option to fix market value of property at tJie date of acquisition or twice the market ralue of the property at the time of requisition whichever was less ' violative of Constitution of India, Art. 31(~). A plot of land in Bombay belonging to the husband of the first respondent was requisitioned by Government for military purposes in 1942 under r. 75A(l) of the Defence of India Rules. In 1952 a notification was issued under s. 7(1) of the
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)