Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 – s.24(2) – It was specific case on behalf of the appellants-Government of NCT Delhi that possession of the land was taken – High Court relying upon Pune Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Harakchand Misrimal Solanki & ors allowed the writ petition preferred by the respondent/original writ petitioner – High Court held that the acquisition proceedings in respect of land in question deemed to have lapsed u/s. 24(2) of 2013 Act on the ground that the compensation has not been paid to the original petitioner – On appeal, held: The decision in the case Pune Municipal Corporation has been overruled by the Constitution Bench in the case of Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal and Ors. – Applying the law laid down in Indore Development Authority to the facts of the case, as the possession of the land in question was taken, there shall not be any deemed lapse u/s. 24(2) of Act, 2013 – Order of the High Court is set aside – Appeal allowed. Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal & Ors. (2020) 8 SCC 129 : [2020] 3 SCR 1 – followed.
Pune Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Harakchand Misrimal Solanki & Ors. (2014) 3 SCC 183 – referred to.
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