Section 24(2) -- Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), Section 4, 6, 11 -- Acquisition of land under 1894 Act -- Lapse of land acquisition proceedings -- Subsequent purchaser – Right of -- Respondent is a purchaser after the publication of notice u/s 4 and 6 of the Act, 1894 and in fact after the award of the Land Acquisition Collector -- Subsequent purchaser is not entitled to claim lapsing of the proceedings under the 2013 Act.

(SC) Decided on: 06.05.2022

Section 24(2) -- Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), Section 4, 6, 11 -- Lapse of land acquisition proceedings under 1894 Act -- Compensation not offered to the land owners -- Finding of High Court that compensation was not offered to the land owners and therefore the deposit in the Court cannot be regarded as payment of compensation is not tenable – Order passed by the High Court set aside -- Writ petition filed by the respondent dismissed. Manoharlal’s case (2020) 8 SCC 129 = (2020) Law Today Live Doc. Id. 15233 relied.

(SC) Decided on: 06.05.2022