Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
---|---|
e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 1894 Acquisition of land of original owners-farmers for public purpose Land Acquisition Act |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 (8 of 1975) Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894) Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977 (13 of 1977) |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | Land Acquisition Act, 1894---- Acquisition of land of original owners-farmers for public purpose — Issuance of acquisition notification — Subsequently, builder entered into agreements with some farmers whose land was under acquisition — Release of land in favour of builder — Challenge to — Held: Power of the State to acquire land for a public purpose has been used to facilitate transfer of title of the land of original owners to a private builder to advance the business interest of the said builder, which is not legally permissible — Acquisition of land is for a private company without following the statutory procedure for the said purpose -- Entertaining application for release of land in favour of the builder who came into picture after acquisition notification and release of land to such builder amounts to permitting profiteering at the cost of livelihood and existence of a farmer — State enabled the builder to enter the field after initiation of acquisition to seek colonization on the land covered by acquisition--Such fraudulent and clandestine exercise of power by the State is not permitted by law - It is in violation of Public Trust Doctrine — High Court rightly held that there was abuse of power in releasing land in favour of builder -— Notifications and awards in favour of original owners upheld — Land covered thereby vests in the Development Authority free from all encumbrances — Release orders in favour of the builder quashed -- Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anil R. Dave |
Neutral Citation | 2016 INSC 425 |
Petitioner | Uddar Gagan Properties Ltd. |
Respondent | Sant Singh & Ors. |
SCR | [2016] 2 S.C.R. 214 |
Judgement Date | 2016-05-13 |
Case Number | 5072 |
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI provides user group-specific services such as Examination Preparatory for School and College students and job aspirants. Services for Researchers and general learners are also provided. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Learn more about this project from here.
NDLI is a conglomeration of freely available or institutionally contributed or donated or publisher managed contents. Almost all these contents are hosted and accessed from respective sources. The responsibility for authenticity, relevance, completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability of these contents rests with the respective organization and NDLI has no responsibility or liability for these. Every effort is made to keep the NDLI portal up and running smoothly unless there are some unavoidable technical issues.
Ministry of Education, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has sponsored and funded the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project.
Sl. | Authority | Responsibilities | Communication Details |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education |
Sanctioning Authority | https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives |
2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project | https://www.iitkgp.ac.in |
3 | National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project | Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in |
4 | Project PI / Joint PI | Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project |
Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon |
5 | Website/Portal (Helpdesk) | Queries regarding NDLI and its services | support@ndl.gov.in |
6 | Contents and Copyright Issues | Queries related to content curation and copyright issues | content@ndl.gov.in |
7 | National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) | Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach | clubsupport@ndl.gov.in |
8 | Digital Preservation Centre (DPC) | Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books | dpc@ndl.gov.in |
9 | IDR Setup or Support | Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops | idr@ndl.gov.in |