Supreme Court of India

Loonkaran Gandhi (d) Thr. Lr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 12 S.C.R. 159
Bench Surya Kant and J.K. Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 6 September 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, the ap peal is allowed in part with the following directions –.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Issues for consideration: Whether the impugned judgment of the High Court negating the plea of land owner seeking ‘lapse’ of the acquisition proceedings in terms of s. 11- of the Land Acquisition Act is liable to be interfered with; whether decision of Nagpur Improvement Trust refusing to grant alternative plot, as directed by the High Court, requires interference; and what suitable relief could be granted to land owner on account of delay caused in determination of compensation despite time bound directions by the High Court. Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – s. 11- – Nagpur Improvement Trust

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