Supreme Court of India

National Capital Territory of Delhi & Ors. v. Subhash Chander Khatri & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 788
Bench M. R. Shah and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 10 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

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

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2 013: s.24(2) – Land acquisition, when deemed to have lapsed – Writ petition by the private respondent-writ petitioner seeking decl aration that acquisition proceedings pertaining to subject land is deemed to have lapsed in view of s.24(2) – Department’s case that the pos session of the subject land was taken over and used by the Department prior to 2013 and the compensation was not paid – High Court held the acquisition is deemed to have lapsed, however the o riginal writ petitioner would

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