https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169202 The Bombay Town Planning Act, 1954 was examined as an integrated planning code for orderly urban development, not as a set of isolated restrictions. The scheme of survey, draft development plan publication, public objections, expert consideration, State sanction, acquisition machinery for reserved land, and control over development through commencement certificates was found to provide adequate guidance and procedural safeguards. The ten-year period for acquisition was treated as reasonable in light of large-scale town planning and limited municipal resources. On that basis, sections 9 to 13 were held valid, and the challenges based on equality and property rights failed. en-us Mon, 21 Aug 1967 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:12:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169202 The Bombay Town Planning Act, 1954 was examined as an integrated planning code for orderly urban development, not as a set of isolated restrictions. The scheme of survey, draft development plan publication, public objections, expert consideration, State sanction, acquisition machinery for reserved land, and control over development through commencement certificates was found to provide adequate guidance and procedural safeguards. The ten-year period for acquisition was treated as reasonable in light of large-scale town planning and limited municipal resources. On that basis, sections 9 to 13 were held valid, and the challenges based on equality and property rights failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Aug 1967 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169202