State Cannot Seize Citizens’ Land; Compensation Ordered for Road Constructed Without Acquisition: Allahabad High Court
In a significant judgment delivered at the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, the court dealt with a dispute concerning unauthorized construction of a road on private farmland. The case arose when Kaushal Kishore and his co-petitioner filed a writ petition against the State of Uttar Pradesh through Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and other authorities. The petitioners alleged that a 4-metre-wide khadanja road had been constructed on 0.109 hectares…
