Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. vs State of Telangana

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2022 Supreme(SC) 914

HEMANT GUPTA, VIKRAM NATH
Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the parties Mr. Parag P. Tripathi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Mumtaz Bhalla, Adv. Mr. Kalan Dev Chopra, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Malik, Adv. Mr. Lakshya Kampani, Adv. Mr. Srinivasan Ramaswamy, Adv. Mr. Shagun Ruhil, Adv. Mr. Abhay Kumar, Adv. Mr. C. S. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. P. Srinivas Reddy, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Goel, Adv. M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR

Table of Content
1. background of land leases and parties involved (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. details on past sanctioned leases and legislation impact (Para 5 , 6 , 8 , 9)
3. statutory cancellations of leases under the 1987 act (Para 10 , 11)
4. arguments on eviction and agricultural status of land (Para 12 , 13)
5. contested arguments about nature of land use (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17)
6. arguments distinguishing agricultural vs. non-agricultural land (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 21)
7. reporting and evidence on land classification (Para 22 , 23 , 24)
8. deductions from tribunal decisions and legal precedents (Para 25 , 26 , 27 , 28)
9. judicial findings and the nature of land obligations (Para 29 , 30 , 31)
10. final decision regarding civil appeals (Para 72 , 73)

JUDGMENT :

Hemant Gupta, J.

1. The challenge in Civil Appeal Nos. 7759-7760 of 2014 is to an order dated 7.3.2013 passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Writ Petition No. 31893 of 2011 whereby the appellant herein i.e., Gulf Oil Corporation Limited,¹[For short, the ‘Lessee’] was ordered to be evicted under the provisions of The Telangan

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2022 Supreme(SC) 914

HEMANT GUPTA, VIKRAM NATHGulf Oil Corporation Ltd. – AppellantVersusState of Telangana – Respondent

HEMANT GUPTA, VIKRAM NATH
Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent