VIVEK PVT LTD & ORS vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 16.01.2026 Pronounced on: 16.04.2026 LA.APP. 244/2016 & CM APPL. 33145/2016 VIVEK PVT LTD & ORS .....Appellants Through: Mr. Gaurav Sarin, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Simran Brar, Mr. Vedanta Varma, Mr. Shubhankar Choudhary, Mr. Harish, Mr. Fatehh Singh & Ms. Ruhi Ansari, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Kr. Pathak, SC with Mrs. K. Kaomudi Kiran Pathak, Mr. Sunil Kr. Jha, Mr. M. S. Akhtar, Mr. Divakar Kapil & Mr. J. Kumari, Advs. for R1 Mrs. Anubha Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr. Dev P. Bhardwaj, Ms. Ananya Shamshery and Ms. Anchal Kashyap & Mr. Vijay Misra, Advs. for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal has been preferred under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter “the Act”), challenging the judgment and decree dated 11.07.2016 (hereinafter “the impugned 2. 2. Before proceeding to an analysis of the legal issues, this Court finds it appropriate to comprehensively set out the factual matrix from which the appeal arises. 3. The subject matter of the present appeal is a parcel of land admeasuring 2325.24 square metres, situated at Patel Road, Delhi,