LawforAll

▼
Showing posts with label LAND ACQUISATION ACT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LAND ACQUISATION ACT. Show all posts
Thursday, April 11, 2013

LAND ACQUISITION ACT = Merely because some land was left at the relevant time, that does not give any right to the Authority to send proposal to the Government for release of the land in favour of the land owners. The impugned orders passed by the High Court directing the Authority to press the Resolution are absolutely unwarranted in law.

›
Page 1 ‘REPORTABLE’ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 2944 OF 2013 [Arising out of SLP(C) N...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Land Acquisition: Land Acquisition Act, 1894: Section 18 (as amended and adopted in State of Karnataka)-Reference to Court-Application under S. 18(3)(b)-Limitation period-Applicability of S. 5 of the Limitation Act-Notice of award under S. 12(2) served on the claimant-Claimant filed application under S. 18(1) seeking reference within 90 days as laid down in S. 18(2)-Deputy Commissioner failed to make a reference within 90 days as laid down in S. 18(3)(a)-Claimant approached civil court under S. 18(3)(b) after 10 years-Application for condonation of delay under S. 5 of the Limitation Act also filed-Civil Judge condoned delay and directed Deputy Commissioner to make a reference-High Court refused to interfere-Correctness of-Held: On expiry of a period of three years and 90 days right of Deputy Commissioner to make a reference and that of claimant to move the court gets extinguished-Section 5 of the Limitation Act cannot be invoked to an application under S. 18(3)(b)-High Court's judgment set aside-Limitation Act, 1963, S. 5. The notice of award under S. 12(2) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (as amended and adopted in the State of Karnataka) was served on the respondent-claimant. The respondent filed an application under Section 18(1) of the Act (as amended and adopted in the State of Karnataka) within 90 days as prescribed under Section 18(2) of the Act. But the Deputy Commissioner did not make a reference within 90 days as provided under Section 18(3)(a) of the Act. The respondent approached the civil court under Section 18(3)(b) of the Act after more than 10 years after receipt of the notice of the award. The respondent also filed an application for condonation of delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963. The civil judge condoned the delay and directed the Deputy commissioner to make a reference in terms of Section 18 of the Act. In revision, the High Court refused to interfere on the ground that Section 5 of the Limitation Act had application and there was no reason to interfere with the condoning of the delay by the civil judge. Hence the appeal. The following questions arose before the Court:- (1) Whether on expiry of the period of three years and 90 days the right of the Deputy Commissioner to make a reference and that of the claimant to move the court get extinguished? (2) Whether Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 can be invoked to an application under Section 18(3)(b) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (as amended and adopted in the State of Karnataka)?

›
Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. The State Legislature by an amendment brought to Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 subs...
Friday, February 3, 2012

just relief to the builders etc., even though the acquisition was quashed and approved by Apex court=In the result, the appeals are dismissed. However, keeping in view the fact that some of the members of the appellant may have built their houses on the sites allotted to them, we give liberty to the appellant to negotiate with the respondents for purchase of their land at the prevailing market price and hope that the landowners will, notwithstanding the judgments of the High Court and this Court, agree to accept the market price so that those who have

›
1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA ...