IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NOS.2866-2880 OF 2011

(Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos.34320-34334 of

2009)

Union of India

… Appellant

Versus

Dr. Kushala Shetty and others

… Respondents

J U D G M E N T

G.S. Singhvi, J.

1.

Leave granted.

2.

The National Highways Act, 1956 (for short, ‘the 1956 Act’)

was enacted by Parliament to provide for the declaration of certain

highways as national highways and for matters connected therewith.

Sections 3A to 3I of the 1956 Act contains a comprehensive scheme

for the acquisition of land for the building, maintenance,

management or operation of a national highway or part thereof and

determination of amount payable as compensation and other related

issues.

3.

In exercise of the power vested in it under Section 3A(1) of

the 1956 Act, the Central Government issued notification dated

10.8.2005 for the acquisition of land in 18 villages of the

Mangalore Taluk of the State of Karnataka for widening of National

Highway No.17 from Km.358/000 to Km.375/300, National Highway No.48

from Km.328/000 to Km.345/000 and National Highway No.13 from

Km.7