Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 74 · Decided 20 January 2023
Delhi Development Authority v. Dewan Chand Pruthi & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 74 · [2023] 1 S.C.R. 765
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 397/2023
- Decided
- 20 January 2023
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, C.T. RAVIKUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 365, 366; Land Acquisition Act
Headnote
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013: s. 24(2) - Land acquisition, when deemed to have lapsed - On facts, possession not taken due to stay, however, compensation was sent in RD - Writ petition seeking declaration to subject land is deemed to have lapsed in view of s.24(2) - Allowed by the High Court relying on the Pune Municipal Corporation's case - Sustainability of - Held: Not sustainable - Impugned judgment contrary to law laid down by this Court in the Constitution
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