Supreme Court of India

Rattan Singh v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [2015] 13 S.C.R. 1221
Bench Vikramajit Sen and Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.
Decided 8 December 2015

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing, it is not necessary to consider the correctness of the impugned Judgment on merits.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 - s.24(2) -Applicability of- To the land acquired under Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - Held: The acquisition proceedings 0 shall be deemed to have lapsed, where passing of award is established, the award predates the commencement of the 2013 Act by at least five years and possession is found not to have been taken or compensation not paid, then s. 24(2) would be applicable - In the present case, since the above requirements are made out, hence s. 24(2) comes into operation in favour of

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