https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187105 State acquisition of a school building and appurtenant land was upheld because the real and operative purpose was a genuine public purpose, namely continued educational use of the site. Legal malice in this context requires action without lawful excuse or for a purpose foreign to the statute, and the challenge failed because the prior eviction proceedings and undertaking to vacate supplied a proximate reason for acquisition. Earlier inaction in acquiring the property, the temporary shifting of the school, and norms for new school buildings did not displace the public purpose behind the acquisition. The acquisition was not colourable or mala fide in law. en-us Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:05:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187105 State acquisition of a school building and appurtenant land was upheld because the real and operative purpose was a genuine public purpose, namely continued educational use of the site. Legal malice in this context requires action without lawful excuse or for a purpose foreign to the statute, and the challenge failed because the prior eviction proceedings and undertaking to vacate supplied a proximate reason for acquisition. Earlier inaction in acquiring the property, the temporary shifting of the school, and norms for new school buildings did not displace the public purpose behind the acquisition. The acquisition was not colourable or mala fide in law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187105