Allowed
Surinder Kumar Puri v. Govt of NCT of Delhi and Ors.
Delhi HCW.P.(C)/2078/2016
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The Court disposed of a writ petition seeking a declaration that acquisition proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 had lapsed under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act. Relying on the respondent's affidavit that compensation was not received and possession was not taken, the Court held the proceedings had lapsed.
What did the court decide?
Declaration that the acquisition proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 with regard to the subject land are deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act.