SOMNATH CHAKRABORTY vs APPOLLO GLENEAGLES HOSP. LTD .

The Supreme Court addressed the applicability of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, in the context of land ownership disputes involving Appollo Gleneagles Hospitals Ltd. and the appellants. The Court held that the notification under Section 10(3) of the Act, which claimed the land as property of the State, was valid, and the appellants' challenge to the notification was dismissed. The Court emphasized that the lease granted to Appollo Hospitals was legitimate and upheld the Division Bench's ruling of the Calcutta High Court, thereby affirming the status of the land in question.