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Supreme Court Upholds Land Acquisition, Overrules High Court: North Delhi Municipal Corporation vs. Ram Chander Singh (2023)

February 9, 2023 / C.T. Ravikumar, Compensation, Judges, Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Land Acquisition Act, 1894 with Section 16, Land Acquisition Act, 1894 with Section 4, Land Acquisition Act, 1894 with Section 6, Land Acquisition Law, Lapse of Acquisition, M.R. Shah, Possession, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 with Section 24(2)

Supreme Court Upholds Land Acquisition, Overrules High Court: North Delhi Municipal Corporation vs. Ram Chander Singh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether land acquisition proceedings lapse under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, if compensation is deposited in the treasury instead of being paid to […]

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Supreme Court settles land acquisition lapses: No Possession, No Compensation, Acquisition Lapses (20 April 2017)

Can the government acquire land without taking possession or paying compensation? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this critical question in a series of land acquisition cases. The Court emphasized that if the government fails to take possession of the land or pay compensation within five years, the acquisition lapses under Section 24(2) of