Owners can’t be forced to relinquish land free of cost for road widening as per master plan: Karnataka High Court

The High Court of Karnataka has held that civic authorities cannot compel private landowners to surrender a portion of their land free of cost for widening an existing road, solely on the basis of a proposal in the master plan for road widening under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning (KTCP) Act, 1961, by imposing such a condition for approving a building plan.

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