Supreme Court of India

The Officer on Special Duty (land Acquisition) and Anr. v. Shah Manilal Chandulal Etc.

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Reported as [1996] 2 S.C.R. 366

Bench K. Ramaswamy and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.

Decided 9 February 1996

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the applications are barred by limitation and Collector has no power to extend time for making an application under Section 18(1) for reference to the court.

Judgment, page 10

Authorities it was built on

1978 Mohammad Hasnuddin v. Staib of Maharashtra cited by 11
1975 Sushila Devi v. Ramanandan Prasad & Ors. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2026 The Property Company (p) Ltd v. Rohinten Daddy Mazda relied on
2015 M.P. Steel Corporation v. Commissioner of Central Excise relied on
2021 Kalpraj Dharamshi & Anr. v. Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd. & Anr. referred to
2022 Manharlal Shivlal Panchal & Others v. The Deputy Collector & Special Land Acquisition Officer & Others distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 referred to

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