PADMASUNDARA RAO (DEAD) vs STATE OF T.N. .

The Supreme Court addressed whether the State Government is entitled to a fresh one-year period to issue a Notification under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, after a previous Section 6 Notification has been quashed. The matter was referred to a Constitution Bench due to conflicting views between previous three-judge benches. The core legal issue is whether the time limit prescribed under Section 4(1) of the Act resets upon the quashing of a Section 6 declaration.