Supreme Court of India

The Secretary, Land & Building Dept. Govt. of Nct of Delhi & Ors v. Om Prakash (dead) through Lrs. & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 1 S.C.R. 777
Bench M. R. Shah and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 20 January 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court in Writ Petition THE SECRETARY, LAND & BUILDING DEPT. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI v.

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) – High Court held the acquisition is de emed to have lapsed on the ground that compensation with respect to t he land was not tendered – Sustainability of – Held: Not sustai nable – Possession of the land was taken over and handed ov er to the beneficiary

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