Supreme Court Upholds State Authorities in Land Acquisition Dispute Involving Validity of Presidential Notification Under Article 258(1) of the Constitution. The Court Held That a Presidential Notification Entrusting Functions to State Officers Has Force of Law and Survives State Reorganisation, and That a Collector's Enquiry Under Section 5A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 Is Administrative, Not Quasi-Judicial....
The dispute arose from land acquisition proceedings initiated for the construction of a Telephone Exchange Building in Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad. The appellant, Jayantilal Amrit Lal Shodhan, challenged ...
