Supreme Court of India

Delhi Administration Thr. Secretary, Land and Building Department & Ors. v. Pawan Kumar & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 791
Bench Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 6 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons recorded in a s eparate judgment delivered today in Godfrey Phillips (I) Ltd., the order passed by the High Court is not sustainable and therefore, the same is set aside.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – ss. 4 and 6 – Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 – s. 24(2) – Lapse of ac quisition proceedings – Claim of – Respondent purchased prope rty after the publication of notice u/ss.4 and 6 of the 1894 Act – Appellants had deposited compensation (amount payable to origi nal owners) by filing application in the High Court since the d eposit was not accepted by the Additional District Judge, on accou nt of the Court closed for winter vacations – The High Court passed order recording that the same

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