NAVEEN KUMAR JAIN vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 16.12.2025 Pronounced on : 30.04.2026 Uploaded on : 04.05.2026 LA.APP. 47/2017 NAVEEN KUMAR JAIN .....Appellant Through: Mr. L. B. Rai, Mr. Kartik Rai, Mr. Satvik Rai, Mr. Vineesh Tyagi, Mr. D.S. Lakra, Mr. Aakash Parashar, and Mr. Sohan Lal, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Standing Counsel with Mrs. K.K. Kiran Pathak, Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. Mohd Sueb Akhtar, Mr. Divakar Kapil, Advocates for UOI. Mr. Gyanendra Kumar and Mr. Tarun Johri, Advocates for DMRC. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT 1. The present appeals, preferred under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the “LA Act”), pertain to acquisition proceedings undertaken in respect of 89 bighas of “agricultural land” falling in the revenue estate of village Mundka, for the purpose of “Construction of Depot, Staff Quarters and TSS of Inderlok-Mundka Corridor of Delhi MRTS Project Phase-II” near Senior Secondary School, 2. Pertinently, besides the above acquisition, 54 bighas 02 biswa of extended Lal Dora land falling in the revenue estate of village Mundka was