4 Landmark Judgments

The Supreme Court's acquisition jurisprudence (the themes to command):1. Public purpose's policing: the Court reviewing acquisition's purpose-defence (the sham- public-purpose takings — land acquired for "public" use diverted to private beneficiaries — the Court's insistence that the stated purpose be genuine and the diversion controlled; Article 25(5)'s use-for-another-public-interest read narrowly as the exception);The syllabus prescribes a case for this section; its citation and holding are withheld until verified.3. Compensation's realism: the valuation challenges — the Court's supervision of the committee's method (comparable-sales evidence, the heads of claim, the timely payment) — the compensation-as-condition doctrine: possession without payment/deposit the classic illegality;4. The state-land recovery line: the Court's orders on encroached ailani land and the regularization debates (the settlement politics vs. the registry's integrity).The syllabus prescribes a case for this section; its citation and holding are withheld until verified.