Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 462 · Decided 29 June 2016
Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority v. S.S. Naidu & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 462 · [2016] 4 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5377/2016
- Decided
- 29 June 2016
- Bench
- ANIL R. DAVE, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Land Acquisition Act Section 48, 48(1)
Headnote
I VISAKHAPATNAM URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY A v. S.S. NAIDU & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 5377 of20!6) JUNE 29, 2016 [ANIL R. DAVE AND ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, JJ.) Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - s.48{1) - Land acquired - Possession taken - Compensation amozmt also deposited with the Court - the acquisition proceedings - On appeal, held: s.48(1) does not permit withdrawal of acquisition proceedings of any land after possession of the land is taken - Therefore, acquisition proceedings could not have been quashed by High Court, as the Government had not acted in accordance with
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