Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 358 · Decided 11 April 2023
Delhi Development Authority v. Surender Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 358 · [2023] 3 S.C.R. 345
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1548/2023
- Decided
- 11 April 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Land Acquisition Act Section 4
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 - Acquisition proceedings initiated under Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - Writ petitions u/s. 24(2) claiming that Act had lapsed as neither the possession was taken nor the compensation therefor has been paid - High Courts relying on the Pune Municipal Corporation's case held that the acquisition has lapsed as the compensation was not paid to the land owners - On appeal, held: The
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