Supreme Court of India

Mahavir & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2017] 11 S.C.R. 553

Bench Arun Mishra and Mohan M. Shantanagoudar JJ.

Decided 8 September 2017

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that no relief should be given to A petitioners who, without any reasonable explanation, approach this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution after inordinate delay.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Delay!Laches: Writ petition u/Art. 226 of Constitution - Taking plea that the compensation for the 100 acres .land acquired in Raisina Lutyen :v zone of New Delhi which had taken place in 1911-12, had not been paid and therefore, in view of s.24 of Right to Fair Compensation Act of 2013, the land acquisition proceedings had lapsed - Petitioners also prayed for restraint on construction activity <ind 0 from creation of third party interest - High Court dismissed .the petition - On Special Leave Petition, held: The case is liable to be dismissed on the ground of delay and /aches - stale claim

Authorities it was built on

2014 Pune Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki & Ors. cited by 74
1974 Aflatoon and Others v. Lt. Governor of Delhi & Others cited by 29
2007 Dharappa v. Bijapur Co-op. Milk Producers Societies Union Ltd. cited by 9
2006 Chairman, U.P. Jal Nigam and Anr. v. Jaswant Singh and Anr. cited by 7
2005 State of Karnataka v. Laxuman cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2020 Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal & Ors. Etc. relied on

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