Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013: s.24(2) – Land Acquisition – Possession taken on 19.01.2006 – High Court declared that the land acquisition with respect to the land in question is deemed to have lapsed on the ground that the amount of compensation was not paid to the land owners – Held: The view taken by the High Court is not sustainable in view of the Constitutional Bench decision of Supreme Court in Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal and Ors. wherein it was held that in case possession was taken but compensation not paid then there is no lapse – High Court order set aside. Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal and Ors. (2020) 8 SCC 129 : [2020] 3 SCR 1 – followed.
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