Proviso Under Section 24 Of Land Acquisition Act, 2013 Is A Proviso To 24(1) (b) or To Section 24(2)? SC Refers To Larger Bench

Ashok Kini

28 Feb 2019 10:48 AM IST

  • Proviso Under Section 24 Of Land Acquisition Act, 2013 Is A Proviso To 24(1) (b) or To Section 24(2)? SC Refers To Larger Bench

    “This is a case where the old British ditty comes to mind: “I’m the Parliament’s draftsman, I compose the country’s laws, And of half the litigation I’m undoubtedly the cause!””

    The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench for reconsidering the judgment in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation v. Tarun Pal Singh, which held that the proviso to Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 governs Section 24(2) and not Section 24(1)(b). The bench comprising Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman...

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