Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 549 · Decided 9 July 1997
West Bengal Housing Board v. Bhawan Lal Mundhra and Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 549 · [1997] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 172
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4388/1997
- Decided
- 9 July 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
HOUSING BOARD v. BRA WAN LAL MUNDHRA AND ORS . . JULY 9, 1997 B (K. RAMASWAMY AND D.P. WADHWA, JJ.) Land Acquisition : West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1948-Sections C 3 & 4-West Bengal (Requisition and Acquisition) Rules-Rule 3-Requisi­ tion of land-Notice found to 4--l'ublic purpose-Requisition D of land for the purpose of constntction of houses for weaker sections of society or for constmction of approach road in the housing project, provision for market place, doctor's clinic, drainage etc.-Held, cannot be said that the land was not requisitioned
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