Compulsory Acquisition Archives

Compulsory acquisition of private property: Supreme Court outlines seven sub-rights of Constitutional Right to Property

“The seven sub-rights may be procedures, but they do constitute the real content of the right to property under Article 300A, non-compliance of these will amount to violation of the right, being without the authority of law.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Right of dead to receive decent, respectful last rites’; Bombay HC orders Commissioner, Municipal Corpn. to issue directions to find plots of land to be used as burial grounds

For the Municipal Corporation, providing adequate place for burial of the dead is their statutory duty and obligation, thus, the authorities cannot shirk their shoulders away from such statutory responsibility.

Op Eds OP. ED.

Income Tax on Compulsory Acquisition Under the NHAI Act

by Somesh Jain*

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Compulsory acquisition of private land of citizens without granting any compensation – violates Articles 14 and 300-A of the Constitution

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Pankaj Bhatia, JJ. allowed a writ petition in a matter related