Requisition And Acquisition - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition requisition-and-acquisition

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Requisition and acquisition, there are significant differences between 'requisition' and 'acquisition'. These have different legal consequences and these affect the owners concerned in different manners. The requisition is taking over of possession of the property normally for a limited period whereas the acquisition is taking over of title of the property permanently. But the State has the power both of requisition as well as acquisition, subject to one condition, i.e., the property acquired or requisitioned must be for public purpose, Jiwani Kumar Paraki v. First Land Acquisition Collector, AIR 1984 SC 1707: (1984) 4 SCC 612: (1985) 1 SCR 686.