Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 23 · Decided 8 January 2020
Vidya Devi v. The State of Himachal Pradesh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 23 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 749
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 60/2020
- Decided
- 8 January 2020
- Bench
- INDU MALHOTRA, AJAY RASTOGI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 31, 136, 142, 300A, 226; Land Acquisition Act
Headnote
Constitution of India - Arts. 31, 136, 142 and 300A - Respondent-State took over the land of the appellant in 1967-68 for the construction of Nadaun-Sujanpur Road, without taking recourse to acquisition proceedings or following due process of law - Construction of the road persons whose lands were also taken over by the respondent for the same public purpose, filed writ petition titled Anakh Singh & Ors. v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. claiming compensation - Allowed - Respondent initiated acquisition proceedings under the 1894 Act only
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