Karnataka High Court terms KIADB’s act of acquiring land for IMTMA as ‘fraud’
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a government land acquisition, labeling the state's attempt to seize private land for a private entity as a 'fraud on the Constitution.' The court ruled that the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association should have purchased the land through private negotiation rather than using state power.
Why it matters
This ruling sets a significant legal precedent regarding the limits of 'public purpose' in eminent domain cases involving private, profitable corporations.
Observing that “acquiring land for a profitable private entity under the guise of public purpose amounts to a fraud on statute and the Constitution”, the High Court of Karnataka has quashed the State government’s 2012 notifications acquiring private lands for the benefit of the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association (IMTMA) for constructing multi-level car parking facilities for its Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) on Tumkuru Road.
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