Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 711 · Decided 10 November 2021
The Executive Engineer, Gosikhurd Project Ambadi, Bhandara, Maharashtra Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation v. Mahesh and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 711 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 1123
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6673/2021
- Decided
- 10 November 2021
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, SANJIV KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Land Acquisition Act Section 25, 24(1)(a), 30, 11A
Headnote
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013: ss. 25 and 24(1)(a) - Interpretation of s. 24(1)(a) - Determination of period within which an award to be 11A of the 1894 Act and s. 25 of the 2013 Act prescribe two different periods of limitation - If two year period for making an award in terms of s.11A of the 1894 Act is applied to awards made u/s. 24(1)(a), it may lead to practical absurdities and anomalies - This would mitigate
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