The Working Friends Coopertive House Vs. The State of Punjab
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Head Note
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 - Section 24 (2)
Whether the compulsory acquisition of the appellant's land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 lapses in view of the provisions of section 24(2) of the 2013 Act - Consider - The acquisition compensation should have either been paid to the land owner or should have been deposited in the Reference Court as per the requirements mentioned in section 24(2) of the Act. However, the compensation of Rs. 35,52,528/- was neither paid to the appellant nor was it deposited in the Reference Court and was admittedly deposited in the Government Treasury of the State - The deposit was, apart from anything else, made only after the Act came into force and was perhaps with a view to get over the provisions of section 24(2) of the Act - Supreme Court concluded that acquisition proceedings in so far as the appellant is concerned lapsed with the enactment of the Act - Appeal allowed.
Topic(s)-Compulsory Acquisition - LA Act , 1894 lapses in view of the provisions of section 24(2)