Supreme Court of India · 1965-12-17
KAJORI LAL AGARWAL vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
- Citation / case number
- SC 1963/191
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- KAJORI LAL AGARWAL
- Respondent
- UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
- Bench
- GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. (CJ),WANCHOO, K.N.,HIDAYATULLAH, M.,RAMASWAMI, V.,SATYANARAYANARAJU, P.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that Section 8(2) of the West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1948, in conjunction with Section 18(2) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, prescribes a period of limitation for applications for reference to court regarding compensation. The Court ruled that the appellant's application was barred by time, as it was not made within the prescribed period, and thus, the High Court's decision to reject the application was upheld. The earlier case of Kajori Lal Agarwal v. The Union of India was overruled.