Supreme Court of India

Express Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Bench A.P. Sen J.
Decided 5 November 1985

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The Central Government had in the year 1949 demarcated the press area along the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi. It consisted of plots Nos.. 1 to 10 known as Press Enclave as a commercial complex. These plots were alloted to various newspapers like the Indian Express, Times of India, Patriot, National Herald etc. Petitioner No.1, Express Newspapers Private Ltd., engaged in the business of printing and publishing a national newspaper, Indian Express (Delhi Edition), was alloted plot nos 9-10 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi by an indenture styled as an "agreement for lease executed on May…

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