NAGENDRA . vs STATE OF KARNATAKA . — C.A. No. 6151 - 6152/2013
Case under Section XII-B. Status: Disposed.
CNR: SCIN010080512013
Filing Date
07-Mar-2013
Registration No
C.A. No. 6151 - 6152/2013
Diary Number
8051/2013
Order Date
26-Jul-2013
Document Type
ROP - of Main Case
Disposal Type
Allowed
Last updated 05-Jul-2026
Acts & Sections
Petitioner(s)
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1.NAGENDRA .
Adv. ANKUR S. KULKARNI
Respondent(s)
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1.STATE OF KARNATAKA .
Case History
Summary: Nagendra v. State of Karnataka (C.A. 6151-6152/2013) The Supreme Court allowed Nagendra's appeals against land acquisition proceedings in Bijapur, Karnataka. The Court found that the Land Acquisition Officer's report under Section 5A(2) and the State Government's declaration under Section 6(1) were legally invalid because the objections filed by the landowners were not genuinely considered—both lower courts wrongly assumed the appellants sought only higher compensation rather than addressing their substantive challenge that the acquisition lacked proper justification for the stated public purpose. The matter was remitted to the High Court for fresh disposal of the writ petitions. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
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