Allowed
Uday Singh & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
Delhi HCW.P.(C)/195/2015
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
This Court allowed a writ petition seeking a declaration that acquisition proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 were deemed to have lapsed. Relying on Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act and prior precedents, the Court held that since no compensation was paid and the award was made more than five years before the Act's commencement, the proceedings lapsed.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; it is declared that the acquisition proceedings initiated under the 1894 Act are deemed to have lapsed.