Supreme Court of India

ANURAG KRISHNA SINHA versus STATE OF BIHAR & ANR.

2026 INSC 219

Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 13581/2025
Judgment date
2026-03-10
Petitioner / appellant
ANURAG KRISHNA SINHA
Respondent
STATE OF BIHAR & ANR.
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 219
Other citation
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 465
CNR
ESCR010000862026
Bench / judges
VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA
Author judge
VIKRAM NATH
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Appeal(s) allowed
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

i) Whether the Smt. Radhika Sinha Institute and Sachchidanand Sinha Library (Requisition & Management) Act, 2015 is manifestly arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India; ii) Whether the impugned Act effects compulsory acquisition and thereby offending Article 300A read with Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

Headnote excerpt

Constitution of India – Art.14 – Validity of Srimati Radhika Sinha Institute and Sachchidanand Sinha Library (Requisition & Management) Act, 2015 (impugned Act) – The

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