National Highways Act, 1956

Act No. 48 of 1956 In force from 15-04-1957 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 22 sections

An Act to provide for the declaration of certain highways to be national highways and for matters connected therewith.

15 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Kalpataru Projects International Ltd.) v. Vinod and Ors. Etc.
  2025 INSC 100419 August 2025Disposed of

  Issue arose as regards the landowners seeking further enhancement of compensation on account of damages suffered by erection of transmission lines and towers, whereas the Contractor challenging the amount of compensation awarded;…

• Gayatri Balasamy v. M/s ISG Novasoft Technologies Limited
  2025 INSC 60530 April 2025Disposed of

  In ‡M. Hakeem and Anr.’s case, this Court held that while exercising powers u/s.34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, a Court hearing the petition had no power to “modify” the Award, whereas other benches of two…

• Union of India & Ors. v. Tarsem Singh & Ors.
  2025 INSC 1463 February 2025Dismissed

  Whether the judgment in Union of India v. Tarsem Singh & Ors. is applicable prospectively or extends retrospectively.

• Holder v. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation and
  2025 INSC 31 January 2025Disposed of

  The Lands of appellants herein were acquired and they were deprived of their property without paying any compensation for twenty-two years. For payment of compensation, the appellants pleaded to shift the date for considering the…

• Kirpal Singh v. Government of India, New Delhi & Ors.
  2024 INSC 94421 November 2024Disposed of

  Whether the period commencing from 20.10.2011 to 20.01.2012 should be condoned u/s.14 of the Limitation Act while reckoning the period of limitation for filing objections under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 incorporated…

• Kolkata Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Bimal Kumar Shah & Ors.
  2024 INSC 435416 May 2024Dismissed

  State Municipal Corporation having claimed to have acquired the property of respondent-land bearer in exercise of powers u/s.352 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, the High Court, if justified in holding that there…

• Delhi Development Authority v. Bhim Sain Goel and Ors.
  2022 INSC 47225 April 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• Citizens for Green Doon & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2021 INSC 88514 December 2021Disposed of
• Gunasekaran v. The Divisional Engineer National Highways & Ors.
  2021 INSC 42024 August 2021Appeals allowed.
• The Project Director, Project Implementation Unit v. P.V. Krishnamoorthy and Ors.
  2020 INSC 6888 December 2020Disposed of
• The Director General (Road Development) National Highways Authority of India v. Aam Aadmi Lokmanch & Ors.
  2020 INSC 45214 July 2020Disposed of
• Hindustan Construction Company Limited & Anr.Dia & Ors. v. Union of India
  2019 INSC 128927 November 2019Disposed of
• Union of India & Anr. v. Balwant Singh & Ors.
  2019 INSC 9963 September 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• National Highways Authorityof v. Sayedabad Tea Company Ltd. and Ors.
  2019 INSC 95727 August 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Competent Authority v. Barangore Jute Factory and Ors.
  2005 INSC 58523 November 2005Dismissed