B.E.M.L. Employees House ... vs State Of Karnataka & Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the Karnataka High Court's decision quashing the land acquisition of the fifth Respondent's property under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, specifically citing Section 5A. The Court established that the State Government's failure to exclude the fifth Respondent's land, despite recommendations from the Special Land Acquisition Officer, constituted a violation of Article 14, ensuring equality before the law. The judgment confirmed that discriminatory treatment in land acquisition proceedings is impermissible, leading to the dismissal of the appellant's writ appeal.