HMT LTD. vs MUDAPPA

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to quash the notification issued under Section 28(1) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966, which sought to acquire land already subject to a final court decree in favor of the landowners. The Court established that the issuance of the notification was mala fide, aimed at circumventing the legal rights of the landowners to recover possession of their land. Consequently, the appeals were dismissed, affirming the landowners' entitlement to their property.