Lays down six criteria in Arkavathy Layout case

Curtailing the ‘discretionary’ powers of successive State governments that have indiscriminately doled out denotification orders, the Supreme Court has now laid down a set of criteria that must be implemented by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) while denotifying lands in its possession. The Supreme Court on May 5, 2010, upheld the High Court observations on denotification while hearing a case on Arkavathy Layout, and laid down six criteria to be implemented by the BDA in the future.