NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has quashed Karnataka’s 1988 acquisition of about 59 acres near Bengaluru for a cooperative housing society and ordered the land to be restored to its original owners.
A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran said compulsory land acquisition must be backed by law and serve a genuine public purpose, rather than simply benefit a private individual or organisation.
The court also directed the state government to pay ₹50,000 to each landowner who challenged the acquisition. It observed that compensation alone cannot make an acquisition lawful if the required legal authority or public purpose is absent.
The ruling brings a decades-long dispute to a significant turning point and reinforces safeguards for property owners against unlawful acquisition.
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