SANJAY KALIA & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~87 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 25th, August, 2025 + CM(M) 1545/2025 & CM APPL. 50847-50848/2025 SANJAY KALIA & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Parveen Kumar Aggarwal, Mr. Piyush Biswas and Mr. Hriday Kathuria, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Digvijay Rai, Standing Counsel with Mr. Archit Mishra, Advocate for R-2 with Mr. Yatinder Choudhary, Law officer CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. All the four petitioners herein have filed a reference petition under Section 18 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894. They seek determination of compensation amount with respect to the land in question which has been acquired by the respondents. 2. The reference petition is pending since 2010 and is at the stage of final arguments. 3. It was at that stage that the petitioners filed an application before the learned Reference Court under Order VII Rule 14 CPC seeking permission to place on record several additional documents. 4. According to them, these documents have a direct bearing with respect to the issue in question i.e. “determination of compensation”. 5. According to them, these could not be filed at an earlier stage as these were not in their possession. 6. Fact, however, remains that the learned Reference Court has declined their such request and that is how they have filed the present petition under Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CM(M) 1545/2025 1 By:DINESH CHANDRA Signing Date:26.08.2025 18:37:32 Article 227 of Constitution of India. 7. Though the petitioner should have been vigilant and cautious and should have placed on record these documents at the earliest available opportunity, keeping in mind the nature of the documents, the present petition is disposed of with dire