Devender Singh & Ors. v. State of U.P., AIR 2011 SC 2582

Primary Law(s): Land Acquisition Act, 1894; Section 17 (4): Invocation of urgency clause

Brief Facts/Main Issue(s): Land sought to be acquired for District Jail by invoking urgency clause.

Salient Findings: Facts, however, showing that Government has acted with lethargy in issuing acquisition notification under Sections 4 & 6 of the Land Acquisition Act. Invocation of urgency provisions is unjustified. Depriving land owners of their valuable right to raise objections and their opportunity to persuade the authority that their property may not be acquired.