Supreme Court of India

Northern Delhi Municipal Corporation v. Ram Chander Singh and Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 1 S.C.R. 419
Bench M. R. Shah and C. T. Ra Vikumar JJ.
Decided 9 February 2023

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What the Court ordered

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

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Land Acquisition – Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 – s.24(2) – Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Land acqui red u/s.4 of the Act, 1984 vide Notification dated 13.1 1.1959 – High Court, relying upon the decision of Supreme Court in the case of Pune Municipal Corporation, allowed writ petition f iled by respondents and declared that acquisition with respect to the land in question is deemed to have lapsed u/s.24(2) of the Act, 2013 as the assessed compensation was never paid to the origina l owners or his acknowledged

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