Rahul Sanon v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Challenge to a land acquisition preliminary notification under Section 4 of the 2013 Act on grounds that no social impact assessment was conducted and the acquisition benefited private parties. The court allowed the petition, holding the notification unsustainable, quashed it, and granted liberty to proceed afresh with a proper SIA study.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; Section 4 preliminary notification quashed; liberty to proceed afresh after conducting social impact assessment study.