Supreme Court of India

E.A. Aboobacker & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Ors.

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Bench Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 27 September 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that this is not a case where Wander Ltd. (supra) has not been heeded.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.3(c), 4(1), 17(1) and 17(4) – Special Tahsildar if empowered to perform the functions of the Collector under the Act – State Government acquired land in its district for purpose of the Infopark and invoked the urgency clause u/s.17(1) of the Act – Thereafter, notification was issued u/s.4(1) of the Act – According to appellants their separate land was sought to be acquired along with the land of others – Appellants contended that Special Tahsildar was not entitled to perform the functions of Collector in respect of other acquisitions for which he was not…

Where later benches applied it

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