Supreme Court directs High Court to not decide on disputed facts in writ jurisdiction: State of UP vs. Ehsan (2023) INSC 906 (13 October 2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court should decide on disputed questions of fact in writ jurisdiction, especially when such issues were not decided in previous rounds of litigation. CASE TYPE: […]
Supreme Court Interprets ‘Vacant Land’ Under Urban Land Ceiling Act: Kewal Court Pvt. Ltd. vs State of West Bengal (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Interpretation of ‘vacant land’ under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, specifically concerning permissible construction area. CASE TYPE: Civil Law, Land Acquisition Case Name: M/s. Kewal Court Pvt. Ltd. and Anr.
Supreme Court Denies Specific Performance in Property Sale Dispute: Kolli Satyanarayana vs. Valuripalli Kesava Rao Chowdary (2022) Date of the Judgment: 27 September 2022 Citation: [Not Available in Source] Judges: B.R. Gavai, J. and C.T. Ravikumar, J. Can a buyer seek specific performance of a property sale agreement when they did not act promptly after
Supreme Court Upholds State’s Land Possession Under Urban Land Act: Gopalbhai vs. State of Gujarat (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the State’s possession of land under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, can be challenged after the prescribed procedures have been followed and compensation has been paid. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Land Acquisition
Supreme Court on Urban Land Ceiling Act: Possession Key to Repeal Benefit LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the repeal of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, automatically restores land to owners if compensation was not paid, even if possession was taken by the government. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Land Acquisition and Urban Land Ceiling
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Supreme Court Upholds State’s Right to Surplus Land Under ULC Act: State of M.P. vs. Ghisilal (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a civil court can entertain a suit challenging orders passed under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, after the competent authority has declared land as surplus and taken possession. CASE TYPE: Civil Law
Supreme Court Addresses Land Ceiling Act and Possession Rights: U.A. Basheer vs. State of Karnataka (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: The core legal issue revolves around the application of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, and the subsequent Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999, particularly concerning the determination of excess vacant land and
Supreme Court sets aside demand for market value of tenements under Urban Land Ceiling Act: Shridhar C. Shetty vs. The Additional Collector (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the competent authority under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, can demand the market value of tenements for failure to hand over possession as per the exemption
Supreme Court Upholds Land Acquisition: Kapilaben Ambalal Patel vs. State of Gujarat (2020) Date of the Judgment: 6 May 2020 Citation: Civil Appeal No. 6380 of 2012 Judges: A.M. Khanwilkar, J., Dinesh Maheshwari, J. Can a land acquisition be challenged after a significant delay, especially when the authorities claim to have taken possession years prior?
Supreme Court Restricts Rebuilding of Illegally Demolished Structures: Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai vs. Sunbeam High Tech Developers (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can direct the reconstruction of a demolished structure if the demolition was carried out by a municipal corporation in violation of the prescribed procedure. CASE TYPE: Municipal Law, Building Regulations
Supreme Court Identifies Land Parcel in Andhra Pradesh Land Dispute: Government of Andhra Pradesh vs. Grace Sathyavathy Shashikant (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Identification of a specific land parcel and its rightful ownership in a long-standing dispute. CASE TYPE: Civil Dispute, Land Law. Case Name: The Government of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. vs. Grace Sathyavathy Shashikant &
Supreme Court Upholds Land Vesting Despite Repeal of Urban Land Ceiling Act: Madhusudan Bhanuprasad Pandya vs. State of Gujarat (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the vesting of land under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 is valid even after the Act’s repeal if possession was taken before the repeal. CASE TYPE: Civil Law Case
