Devendra Kumar Tyagi & Ors vs State Of U.P. & Ors

The Supreme Court ruled on the validity of Notifications issued under Section 4 and Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, concerning the acquisition of land for the Leather City Project. The Court emphasized that the urgency provisions under Section 17(1) and 17(4) must be applied judiciously and that the requirement for an inquiry under Section 5-A cannot be dispensed with arbitrarily. The Court held that the notifications were invalid due to non-compliance with statutory requirements, thus protecting the petitioners' rights over their land.