Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 6 -- Declaration - Quashed at the instance of some of the land owners - Benefit of quashment not extended to appellant or other landowners, who had not approached the Court, although their land was acquired under same notification...........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 4, 6, Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1997, Section 48B -- Re-transfer of acquired land to original owners - Can be done only till the land continues to vest in the Govt. and that too if Govt. is satisfied that land is not required for notified purpose or for any other public purpose - If acquired land is transferred to any..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 22(2), 16(c), Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 2, Rule 2 -- Agreement to sell - suit for specific performance - In a suit for specific performance ingredients of S.16(c) Specific Relief Act must be satisfied - Suit decided without dealing with the matter raised in the suit - Failure to prove execution of agreement - 16 co-owners not..........
Haryana Ceiling on Lands Holdings Act, 1972, Section 8 -- Petitioner sought exemption of land to be declared as surplus area - Writ dismissed - Review petition - Review sought on the same grounds on which original writ was filed, except the additional ground of small landlord - Held, Review petition deserves dismissal - Status of petitioners small or big land owners does..........
Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 18, 28A -- Acquisition of land of various land owners - Land owners filed reference and award enhanced - All land owners except one filed appeal in High Court - High Court enhanced amount of award - Land owner who had not approached High Court approached Collector under Section 28-A for enhancement on the basis of enhanced award by High..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 419, 467, 420, 468, 120B -- Sale deed - Execution by impersonation - Original sale deed in respect whereof forgery was committed not recovered from the vendees during course of investigation nor any explanation given - Only copies thereof brought on record - Original owners not examined - Questioned thumb impressions of the alleged vendors..........
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, Section 7 -- Unauthorized possession - Ejectment petition by Gram Panchayat - Question of title raised by stating that Gram Panchayat is not the owner and possession is since 40 years as owners - Ejectment order passed without deciding the question of title - Held, when question of title is raised supported by documents,..........
East Punjab (Evacuee) Administration of Property Act, 1947, Section 4, Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954, Section 8(2A) -- Auction of property - Setting aside auction - Petitioners not proved to be owners of the land - Petitioners also did not participate in the auction proceedings - Held, petitioners are not aggrieved persons by the auction in..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 8, Delhi Development Act, 1957, Section 21 -- Allotment of plot - Condition - Allottee should not own property in Delhi - Exception as regards applicants owning less than 65 sq. m. of land in jointly owned plot or land - Plea that exception not applicable to apartment owners - Not tenable - Term of exemption being specific and..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 304A - - Criminal proceedings - Quashing of - Petitioners, owners of land, executed a contract with accused building contractor and labour sub contractor to construct building on their land - FIR lodged against petitioners for offences u/ss 304-A and 337 of IPC for death of one of the workers and..........
