Supreme Court of India · 2016-03-29
Goa Foundation & Anr vs State Of Goa & Anr
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2016 SUPREME COURT 1653
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Goa Foundation & Anr
- Respondent
- State Of Goa & Anr
- Author
- Ranjan Gogoi
- Bench
- Prafulla C. Pant, Ranjan Gogoi
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of the Land Acquisition (Goa Amendment) Act, 2009 under Article 32 of the Constitution of India. The Court held that the amendment did not violate any fundamental rights and was enacted in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The judgment affirmed the legality of the acquisition process and the public purpose behind it, thereby upholding the amendment's constitutionality.