Delhi Development Authority Vs M/s. Usha Die Casting Pvt.Ltd.

Delhi Development Authority vs M/s. Usha Die Casting Pvt.Ltd.

Supreme Court Of India · Decided on 31 August 2016 · Citation: (2016) 10 JT 253 : (2016) 10 Scale 377

HON’BLE JUDGES

Mr. Kurian Joseph and Mr. Rohinton Fali Nariman, JJ.

ACTS & SECTIONS REFERRED

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2)

RESULT

Disposed Of

CASE NUMBER

Civil Appeal No.8502 of 2016 (Arising out of SLP (Civil) No.17599 of 2015)

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Judgment

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Kurian, J.—Leave granted.

The issue, in principle, is covered against the appellant by judgment in Civil Appeal No.8477 of 2016 arising out of Special Leave Petition(Civil)No.8467 of 2015.

This appeal is, accordingly, dismissed.

In the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case, the appellant is given a period of one year to exercise its liberty granted under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 for initiation of the acquisition proceedings afresh.

We make it clear that in case no fresh acquisition proceedings are initiated within the said period of one year from today by issuing a Notification under Section 11 of the Act, the appellant, if in possession, shall return the physical possession of the land to the original land owner.

Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

COUNSEL

Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Advocate, for the Petitioners; Ms. Kiran Suri, Senior Advocate, Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Mr. R.S. Rana, Ms. Sushma Suri for Mr. D.S. Mahra, Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Mr. Sameer Sodhi, Mr. Arjun Nanda for Mr. T. Mahipal, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Ashwam Kumar, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Kiran Suri, Senior Advocate, Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Mr. R.S. Rana, Ms. Sushma Suri, (for D.S. Mahra), Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Mr. Sameer Sodhi and Mr. Arjun Nanda (Mr, T. Mahipal). Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Kiran Suri, Senior Advocate, Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj (for Mr. D.S. Mahra), Mr. R.S. Rana, Mr. Praveen Swarup, Ms. Shobha, Ms. Akansha Kaushik and Mr. Shrey D, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Kiran Suri, Senior Advocate, Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Mr. R.S. Rana, Mr. R.K. Mohanty (for D.S. Mahra) and Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Kiran Suri, Senior Advocate, Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj. Mr. R S. Rana, Mr. R.K. Mohanty and Ms. Sushma Suri (for D.S. Mahra) Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Binu Tamta, Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Kiran Suri, Senior Advocate, Mr. Kiran Bhardwaj, Mr. R.S. Rana, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Ms. Sushma Suri (For Mr. D.S Mahra, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Senior Advocate, Mr. R.K. Rathore. Mr. R.K. Mahanty, Ms. Sushma Suri (for D.S Mahra). Mr. Sulabh Rewari. Mr. Pritha Srikumar, Mr. Amit Agrawal and Ms. Tejaswita, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Senior Advocate, Mr. R.K. Rathore, Mr. R.K. Mahanty, (for D.S. Mahra), Mr. Rajiv Kumar Ghawana, Mr. TVS. Raghavendra Sreyas, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Ms. Shobha, Mr. Akanksha Kausik, Mr. Shrey Dambhare, Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Mr. R.R. Rathore, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, (for Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocate), Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha. Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Mr. R.K. Rathore (for D.S Mahra, Advocate), Mr. Ashok Kumar Chabra, Mr. Mohit D. Ram, Mr. Munisha Handa. Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Bishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (M/s. Sahara & Co, Advocate), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Ravinder Sethi, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vibhu Shankar Mishra, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Ms. Alka Agrawal, Mr. Vijay Prakash, Mr. A. Deb Kumar, Mr. Sudhakar Dwivedi, Ms. Soumya Rathore, Mr. Karan Seth, Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa (For Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocate), Mr. Rajiv Kumar Ghawana & Mr. TVS. Raghavendra Sreyas. Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Ms. Vibhu Shanker Mishra, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Ms. Alka Agrawal, Mr. Vijay Prakash, Mr. A. Deb Kumar, Mr. Sudhakar Dwivedi, Ms. Soumya Rathore, Mr. Karan Seth, Mr. Rajesh Ranjan and Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa (for Mr. D.S Mahra) and Mr. Pradeep Mahra, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Mohana, Senior Advocate, Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa (for Mr. D.S. Mahra) and Mr. Pradeep Misra, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Ravinder Sethi. Senior Advocate, Mr. Vibhu Shankar Mishra, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Ms. Alka Agrawal, Mr. Vijay Prakash, Mr. A. Deb Kumar, Mr. Sudhakar Dwivedi, Ms. Soumya Rathore, Mr. Karan Seth, Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa (For Mr. D.S Mahra. Advocate), Mr. Rajiv Kumar Ghawana & Mr. TVS. Raghavendra Sreyas, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Ranjit Kumar, S.G, Mr. Ravinder Sethi, Senior Advocate, Mr. Praneet Pranav, Mr. Bharat Lal Shivhare, Ms. Sushma Suri, (for Mr. D.S. Mahra), Mr. Rajiv Kumar Ghawana Mr. Md. Amanullah, Ms. Shabeena Anjum, Mr. M. Tariq, Mr. TVS. Raghavendra Sreyas, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Vibhu Shanker Mishra, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Ms. Alka Agrawal, Mr. Vijay Prakash, Mr. A. Deb Kumar, Mr. Sudhakar Dwivedi, Ms. Soumya Rathore, Mr. Karan Seth, Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa (for D.S. Mahra), Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma and Mr. Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s. Saharya & Co, Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Kailash Vasudev & Mr. Ravinder Sethi, Senior Advocates, Mr. Shailender Saini Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa, Ms. Gunwant Dara, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s. Saharya & Co, Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Kailash Vasudev, Senior Advocates, Mr. Shailender Saini, Ms. Gunwant Dara, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Mr. R.R. Rathore, Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa, (for Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocate), Mr. Gagan Gupta, Mr. Sumit Bansal, Mr. Ateev Mathur, Ms. Richa Oberio and Mr. A.P. Sehgal, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s Saharya & Co, Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Mr. B.Tripathy, Mr. Anup Kumar, Mr. Randhir Pandey, Mr. Kailash Vasudev. Mr. Shailender Saini, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Mr. R.K. Rathore, Ms. Gunwant Dara and Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa (for Mr. D.S. Mahra), for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s Saharya & Co, Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. A.K Sanghi, Senior Advocate, Mr. Rajesh, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Mr. R.K. Rathore, Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa (For Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocate), Mrs Priya Puri, Mr, Ranjay Kumar Dubey. Ms. Churchi Mandakini, Mr. Siddharth Bawa, Mr. Shymal Anand, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta. Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Vibhu Shanker Mishra, Mr. R.K. Mohanty. Ms. Alka Agrawal, Mr. Vijay Prakash, Mr. A. Deb Kumar, Mr. Sudhakar Dwivedi, Ms. Soumya Rathore, Mr. Karan Seth. Mr. Rajesh Ranjan and Ms. Bhaswati Anukampa (for Mr. D.S. Mahra), Mr. Gagan Gupta, and Abhishek, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s. Saharya & Co, Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. R.K. Rathore, Mr.R.K. Mohanty and Mr. Bhaswati Anukampa (for Mr. D.S. Mahra), Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. A.K. Sanghi, Senior Advocate, Mr. M.P. Gupta, Ms. Sunita Sharma (for Mr. D.S. Mahra) and Ms. S. Janam, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Ms. Bhaswat Anukampi and Ms. Garima Prashad, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Kaushik Poddar, Advocate, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s. Saharya & Co . Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. A.K. Sanghi, Senior Advocate, Ms. Sunita Sharma, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Mr. Bhaswati Anukampa, (For Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocate), Mr. Gagan Gupta, Mr. Sumit Bansal, Mr. Ateev Mathur, Ms. Richa Oberoi, Mr. A.P. Sehgal and Mr. Abhishek, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s. Saharya & Co, Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. A.K. Sanghi, Senior Advocate, Ms. Sunita Sharma, Mr. R.K. Rathore, Mr. R.K. Mohanty, Mr. Bhaswati Anukampa, (For Mr. D.S Mahra, Advocate), Mr. Sameer Jain, Mr. Siddharth Jain, Mr. Rabin Majumder, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. K.K. Mohan, Advocate, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Harish Pandey, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Harish Pandey, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta. Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Rajiv Dutta. Senior Advocate, Mr. Bankey Bihari, Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Mr. Shitiz Agnihotri, Mr. R.K. Rathore, (for Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocate), Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. A.K. Sanghi, Senior Advocate, Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Jha, (For Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocate), Mr. Sumit Bansal, Mr. Ateev Mathur, Mr. Gagan Gupta, Ms. Richa Oberoi, Mr. A. PS. Sehgal, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s. Saharya & Co, Advocates), for the Appellant; Mr. A.K. Sanghi, Senior Advocate, Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Jha, (For Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocate), Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Mr. Pradeep Mishra, Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s Saharya & Co, Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Pradeep Misra, Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s. Saharya & Co, Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. A.K. Sanghi, Senior Advocate, Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Mr. B. Tripathy, Mr. Anup Kumar, Mr. Randhir Pandey, Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Jha, (For Mr. D.S. Mahra, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s Saharya & Co . Advocates), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Pradeep Misra, Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Ms. Binu Tamta and Mr. Dhruv Tamta, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Senior Advocate, Mr. R.K. Rathore, Mr. R.K. Mahanty, Ms. Sushma Suri (for D.S Mahra), Mr. T.N. Singh and Mr. Vikas K Singh, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Kailash Vasudev, Senior Advocate, Mr. Sumit Bansal, Mr. Ateev Mathur, Mr. Gagan Gupta, Ms. Richa Oberoi, Mr. A.P.S. Sehgal, Ms. Asha G. Nair, (For Mr. D.S. Mahra), Advocate, for the Respondents; Mr. Abhinav Mukherji, Ms. Bihu Sharma, Mr Siddharth Garg, Ms. Purnima Krishna, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, Mr. Mukesh K. Verma, Mr. Sudhanshu Tomar, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Abhinav Mukherji, Ms. Bihu Sharma, Mr. Siddharth Garg, Ms. Purnima Krishna, Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Anis Ahmed Khan, Mr. Mukesh K. Verma, Mr. Sudhanshu Tomar, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Abhinav Mukherji, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Mr. Vimal Sinha Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha, Mr. Aviral Kahyap, Mr. Bankey Bihari, Mr. Lokesh D, Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Mr. M.K. Maroria (For Mr. D.S. Mahra) and Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s. Saharya & Co ). Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Mr. B. Tripathy. Mr. Anup Kumar, Mr. Randhir Pandey, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s. Saharya & Co.), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, Mr. Saksham Maheswari, Mr. Sourav Kripal, Ms. Diksha Rai and Ms. Rashmi Singh, Advocates, for the Respondents; Mr. Amrendra Sharan, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vishnu B. Saharya, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya (for M/s Saharya & Co.), Advocates, for the Appellant; Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, Mr. Arjun Nanda, Mr. T. Mahipal, Advocates, for the Respondents;