Supreme Court of India

Devinder Singh and Ors v. State of Punjab and Ors

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Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 12 October 2007

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y Land Acquisition: Land Acquisition Act, 1894; Ss. 3, 5, 6 and 41 and Provisions c under Part II and Part VII of the Act/Companies Act, 1956; s. 617/Land Acquisition (Companies) Rules, 1963; r.4: Acquisition of land by State for establishing an industry by a private company-Requirement of-Held: State must form an opinion ascertaining the purpose of acquisition-And it must also form an opinion that the land in question is not an agricultural land-If acquisition is for public purpose, procedure laid down under Part II of the Act applies, else Part VII of the Act would be applicable-Public…

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