Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 – s.2(q) – Expression ‘Vacant land’ – Construction, meaning and import of – Interpretation and scope of s.2(q)(i) & (ii):
Held: Discordance between *Jhonson’s case [two-Judge Bench] and **Billimoria’s case [three-Judge Bench] on interpretation of s. 2(q)(i) – Ceiling Act is an expropriatory legislation – `Payment’ u/s. 11 of the Act to a land owner is not fair and just market value of the surplus vacant land – Principles of strict construction would thus be attracted to such a statute – Interpretation, spirit and object of the Ceiling Act, as it was envisaged at the time of its enactment, when juxtaposed against the regressive impact experienced in different States which is indicated in the statement of objects and reasons of the Repeal Act, needs determination of all the related issues by a larger bench – Thus, matter to be placed before Hon’ble CJI for appropriate directions – Reference to larger bench. [Para 33-37] LIST OF CITATIONS AND OTHER REFERENCES
*State of U.P. and Others v. L.J. Jhonson and Others (1983) 4 SCC
110 : [1983] 3 SCR 897; Meera Gupta (Smt.) v. State of West Bengal and Others (1992) 2 SCC 494 : [1991] 1 Suppl. SCR 501; Angoori Devi (Smt.) v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Others (1997) 2 SCC 434; Angoori Devi (Smt.) v. State of U.P. and Others (1997) 7 SCC 757; **State of Maharashtra and Another v. B. E. Billimoria and Others (2003) 7 SCC 336 : [2003] 2 Suppl. SCR 603; Atmaram Aggarwal v. State of U.P. (1993) 1 Suppl. SCC 1; Kunj Behari Lal v. District Judge, Gorakhpur (1997) 6 SCC 257 – referred to. OTHER CASE DETAILS INCLUDING IMPUGNED
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