UNION OF INDIA & Anr. v. SUBHASH CHANDER SEHGAL & Ors.
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
Judgment
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 – s. 24(2) – Lapse of acquisition Proceedings – Claim of – Land Acquisition proceedings was challenged before the High Court – The High Court declared that the acquisition proceedings with respect to the subject land had lapsed in terms of s.24(2) of the Act 2013 – High Court relied upon the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Pune Municipal Corporation and another v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki and Others – On appeal, held: A Constitution Bench of Supreme Court in the case of the Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal and Others, has specifically overruled the decision in the case of the Pune Municipal Corporation – In such a situation, no relief of lapse of acquisition proceedings can be countenanced in view of the law laid down in the case of Indore Development Authority – Once it is held that there is no lapse of acquisition proceedings u/ s. 24(2) of the 2013 Act, the land which has stood vested with the appellant continues to do. Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal and others, (2020) 8 SCC 129: [2020] 3 SCR 1 – followed.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
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