STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ORS. vs VISHNU PRASAD SHARMA AND ORS.

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's ruling that a notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 can only be followed by a single notification under Section 6 for the land specified. The Court clarified that Sections 4, 5-A, and 6 are interconnected, and the process mandates that objections must be heard and decided collectively before a declaration under Section 6 is issued. Consequently, once a declaration under Section 6 is made, any remaining non-particularized land in the Section 4(1) notification is automatically released.