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Aug 20 2010 (SC)

Rajinder Kishan Gupta and anr. Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... was challenged before the high court which ended in dismissal. as raised before the high court, it was contended before us that in view of the metro railways (construction of works) act, 1978, the respondents are not permitted to invoke urgency provision under the land acquisition act which deprived the appellants from participating in the ..... goel for dda.5) main contentions:i) when the acquisition of the land is for dmrc and when there is a specific act, namely, the metro railways (construction of works) act, 1978 whether the authorities are justified in invoking the urgency provision in the land acquisition act by dispensing enquiry under section 5a of the ..... enquiry under section 5a. the metro railways act (no. 33 of 1978) was enacted by the parliament to provide for the construction of works relating to metro railways in the metropolitan cities. chapter iii of the said act deals with `acquisition'. it is not .....

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Jan 02 1906 (FN)

Montana Catholic Missions Vs. Missoula County

Court : US Supreme Court

..... that, with the permission of the indians inhabiting and entitled to inhabit the said reservation and the government of the united states, the said jesuit fathers have constructed on the said reservation, at great expense, extensive school buildings, with dormitories, and in connection therewith, for the purpose of teaching the said indians the manual ..... by a statement in legal and logical form, such as good pleading requires, that there is a controversy really involving the construction or application of the federal constitution or that the validity or construction of a treaty or statute made under its authority is drawn in question. page 200 u. s. 119 the circuit court ..... of the complaint above set forth to show either the existence of any question involving the construction or application of the federal constitution, or that the constitutionality of any law of the united states, or the validity or construction of any treaty made under its authority, was drawn in question. this must appear .....

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Aug 18 2011 (SC)

Ms Delhi Airtech Services Pvt. and anr Vs. State of U.P. and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... issued under section 4(1) of the act for the land which was subsequently needed for the metro project in delhi. the challenge was primarily based on the ground that the land could only be acquired under the metro rail construction works act, 1978 and the emergency clause could not be used as a way to dispense with ..... enactment, and it is to be remembered that judicial utterances are made in the seting of the facts of a particular case, said lord morris in herrington v. british railways board - (1972) ac 877. circumstantial flexibility, one additional or different fact may make a world of difference between conclusions in two cases. 42. the reason behind ..... from all encumbrances. (2) whenever, owing to any sudden change in the channel of any navigable river or other unforeseen emergency, it becomes necessary for any railway administration to acquire the immediate possession of any land for the maintenance of their traffic or for the purpose of making thereon a river-side or ghat station, or .....

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Aug 14 1980 (SC)

New Satgram Engineering Works and anr. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and or ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1981SC124; (1980)4SCC570; [1981]1SCR406

..... realisable by the erstwhile owners of the coal mines. as regards the amount of rs. 2,51,597.74 advanced by the petitioners to the eastern railways for construction of a railway siding, it held that no such claim having been made in the writ petition, they cannot, be permitted to raise it.11. in these ..... was also asserted that between the years 1962 and 1967 the petitioners had advanced a sum of rs. 2,51,597.24 to the eastern railways for the construction of a railway siding, but the project having been abandoned on january 18, 1973 the amount had become due, although no such claim was made in the ..... light and medium structural works, for which no licence under the industries (development and regulation) act, 1951 was required, to various public sector undertakings like hindustan steel construction co. for bokaro steel plant, fertilizers & chemicals travancore for durgapur fertilizer project, hindustan cables, kapper india, government of nagaland etc. viz., to parties altogether unconnected .....

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May 05 2010 (SC)

Bondu Ramaswamy Vs. Bangalore Development Authority and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... and setting up special economic zones.(iii) acquisitions for planned development of urban areas. this will include acquisitions for formation of residential layouts and construction of apartment blocks, for allotment to urban middle class and urban poor, rural poor etc.86. in acquisitions falling under the first category, ..... .(iii) where the vacant lands of `a' and `b' - two neighbours are acquired. the authority had a policy to delete properties with constructions, as on the date of preliminary notification. both put up unauthorised structures clandestinely overnight, after the preliminary notification. the land of `b' is ..... to develop a city. municipalities are concerned with the overall economic development providing social justice (urban poverty alleviation and slum improvement) regulating land use and constructions, providing amenities (roads, bridges, water supply, fire services, street lighting, parking, bus stops, public conveniences), promoting education and culture etc. neither .....

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Feb 02 1982 (SC)

State of West Bengal and ors. Vs. Swapan Kumar Guha and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1982SC949; (1982)1CompLJ217(SC); 1982CriLJ819; 1982(1)SCALE38; (1982)1SCC561; [1982]3SCR121

..... for doubt that the act has no application to the firm and no offence under the act has been disclosed by the firm. mr. sen has submitted that the construction of the act by the learned judge is correct and it is his submission that in view of the provisions of the act properly interpreted, there cannot be any ..... the statute', and that in case of doubt, the construction favourable to the subject should be preferred. but i do not think that this rule of strict interpretation of penal statutes in any way affects the fundamental principle of interpretation ..... charged is an offence within the plain meaning of the words used and it must not strain the words : 'to put it in other words, the rule of strict construction requires that the language of a statute should be so construed that no case shall be held to fall within it which does not come within the reasonable interpretation of .....

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Feb 18 2003 (SC)

Shri Kirshna Gyanoday Sugar Ltd. and anr. Vs. State of Bihar

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2003SC3436; [2003(2)JCR183(SC)]; 2003(2)SCALE226; (2003)4SCC378; [2003]2SCR75

..... to be treated as the property of the sugar undertakingbeing taken over under the impugned act. therefore, the exercise suggested bythe learned counsel as to the restricted construction that has to be placed on theexpression 'distillery' in section 3(1) or section 4 cannot be accepted. thedecisions referred to by the learned counsel cannot ..... and state of gujarat and anr. v. raman lal keshav lal soni and ors., : (1983)illj284sc .35. in chairman, railway board's case, the point that arose for considerationwas whether pension as admissible under the rules in force at the time ofretirement could be retrospectively reduced. this court held the ..... for thereason that at the time when the transfer was made, that is, 5.6.1983. in thiscontext, strong reliance has been placed on the decision of this court inchairman, railway board and ors. v. c.r. rangadhamaiah and ors., : air1997sc3828 ; state of a.p. and ors. v. mcdowell & co. and ors., : [1996]3scr721 , .....

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Apr 17 1998 (SC)

P.V. Narsimha Rao Vs. State (Cbi/Spe)

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1998SC2120; 1997(1)ALD(Cri)157; 1998(1)ALD(Cri)762; 1997(1)BLJR263; 1998CriLJ2930; 1998(3)SCALE53; (1998)4SCC626; [1998]2SCR870

..... law which is also an essential part of the basic structure of the constitution. it is settled law that in interpreting the constitutional provisions the court should adopt a construction which strengthens the foundational features and the basic structure of the constitution. [see : sub-committee on judicial accountability v. union of india, : air1992sc320 , 719. ..... well as the house of the people, has been used in section 3 (salaries and daily allowances) section 4 (travelling allowances) section 6(2) (free transit by railway) section 6-a (2) (free transit by steamer) and section 8a(1) (pension).158. it would thus appear that although in the constitution the word 'office' ..... of tripura v. the province of east bengal, : [1951]19itr132(sc) ; tolaram relumal and anr., v. the state of bombay, : [1955]1scr158 ; and s.s. light railway co. ltd. v. upper doab sugar mills ltd. and anr.. : 1983crilj1044 , and the decision in paterson v. chadwick, 1974 (2) all er 772.133. the learned attorney general .....

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Apr 24 1990 (SC)

M/S. Hind Builders Vs. Union of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1990SC1340; 1990(1)ARBLR349(SC); (1990)2CALLT26(SC); JT1990(2)SC186; 1990(1)SCALE788; (1990)3SCC338; [1990]2SCR638; 1990(2)LC272(SC)

..... high court in an arbitration matter.2. the contractors had been awarded a contract for the execution of certain civil works in connection with the metro railway project in calcutta. certain disputes arose between the union and the contractors. these disputes were referred for decision to two arbitrators appointed by the high ..... 1960]2scr209 ; satinder v. amrao : [1961]3scr676 ; firm madanlal v. hukamchand mills ltd. : [1967]1scr105 ; union v. bungo steel furniture p. ltd. : [1967]1scr324 ; ashok construction co. ltd. v. union [1971] 3 scc 66 and state v. saith & skelton p. ltd. : [1972]3scr233 . after referring to these and other cases, chinnappa reddy, j. in ..... [1961]3scr676 ; firm madanlal roshanlal mahajan v. hukum-chand mills ltd. : [1967]1scr105 ; union of india v. bungo steel furniture pvt. ltd. : [1967]1scr324 ; ashok construction co. v. union of india : (1971)3scc66 and state of madhya pradesh v. mis. saith & skelton pvt. ltd. : [1972]3scr233 were all cases in which the reference .....

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Jan 20 2009 (SC)

Fomento Resorts and Hotels Ltd. and anr. Vs. Minguel Martins and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2009(57)BLJR711; 2009(4)BomCR348; JT2009(1)SC470; 2009(1)SCALE758; (2009)3SCC571; 2009(1)LC411(SC)

..... panchayat issued letter dated 22.8.1978, whereby appellant no. 1 was permitted to lay access road linking dona-paola-bambolim road to the construction site and construct the hotel subject to the conditions specified in the letter including the one relating to public access to the beach. this was reiterated by the ..... the schedule appended hereto and delineated in the plan hereunder annexed (hereinafter called 'the said land') for the following purpose, namely -tourism development project - construction of hotel at curla, vainguinim, taleigao.and whereas the government being satisfied by an enquiry held under section 40 of the said act that the proposed ..... period physical progress expenditure exupto dec. site development. approx. rs.15 lakhs1978jan. 79 to site development and plinth approx. rs.20 lakhsdec. 79 level construction works ofcentral facility area and firstclusterjan.80 to site development and shell approx rs.40 lakhsdec.80 work of central facility areasand first cluster of rooms.jan .....

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