Supreme Court of India

Delhi Development Authority v. Damini Wadhwa & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 16 S.C.R. 602
Bench M. R. Shah and M. M. Sundresh JJ.
Decided 4 November 2022

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In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, present appeal succeeds.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Right to Fair Compensation and T ranspar ency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 – s.24(2) – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss.4, 6 – High Cour t declared that the acquisition w .r.t the lands in question is deemed to have lapsed by virtue of s.24(2) – On appeal, held: Respondent-original writ petitioner claimed the right, title, or inter est in the lands in question on the basis of the Agreement to Sell of year 2016 – Agreement to Sell by itself does not confer any right, title, or inter est – Even the appellant doubted the genuineness of the transaction of the

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