Karnataka High Court terms KIADB’s act of acquiring land for IMTMA in Bengaluru as ‘fraud’
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that the acquisition of land for the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association (IMTMA) was fraudulent. The court stated that acquiring land for a private entity under the guise of public purpose violates constitutional principles. The ruling quashed the government's notifications from 2012 and highlighted the lack of compensation for affected landowners.
- ▪The Karnataka High Court quashed the 2012 land acquisition notifications for IMTMA.
- ▪The court found that acquiring land for a private entity under the guise of public purpose is a fraud on statute and the Constitution.
- ▪The KIADB had not compensated landowners, violating their rights under Article 300A of the Constitution.
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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.A division bench comprising Justice D.K. Singh and Justice T.M.
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