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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NOS. OF 2024 ( Arising out of SLP (C) NOS. 12967-12969/2017 )
THE STATE OF HARYANA & ORS. APPELLANT(s)
VERSUS
NIHAL SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. & ORS. Respondent(s)
O R D E R
1. Delay condoned.
2. Leave granted.
3. The impugned order(s) dated 20-05-2014 passed by the
High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, whereby the
Civil Writ Petition Nos.1939/1984,2282/1984 and 5560/2001
filed by the respondent(s) – herein were allowed, are under
challenge before this Court.
4. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and
carefully perusing the material placed on record, it
appears that the High Court had declared the acquisition
proceedings in question as lapsed in view of Section 24(2)
of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
However, it is not disputed by the learned counsels for the
parties that in view of the later decision in the case of
“Indore Development Authority vs. Manoharlal And Ors. Etc.”
Reported in (2020) 8 SCC 129, the matters are required to
be remitted to the High Court for fresh consideration.
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5. In that view of the matter, the impugned order(s)
passed by the High Court is/are set aside and the matters
are remitted to the High Court for fresh consideration in
the light of the Judgmen...