https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172269 Statutory land acquisition is invalid where the power is used for an extraneous purpose, amounting to mala fides, colourable exercise of power, or fraud on power; the text states that the acquisition was not sustained by the stated public purpose and was therefore vitiated. Emergency acquisition under Section 17 is justified only where real urgency exists and delay cannot be tolerated; the text states that dormant proceedings cannot be rushed through by bypassing ordinary safeguards without genuine urgency, so the emergency dispensation was invalid. en-us Thu, 25 Oct 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:31:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172269 Statutory land acquisition is invalid where the power is used for an extraneous purpose, amounting to mala fides, colourable exercise of power, or fraud on power; the text states that the acquisition was not sustained by the stated public purpose and was therefore vitiated. Emergency acquisition under Section 17 is justified only where real urgency exists and delay cannot be tolerated; the text states that dormant proceedings cannot be rushed through by bypassing ordinary safeguards without genuine urgency, so the emergency dispensation was invalid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Oct 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172269