UMED INDUSTRIES AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CO. & ORS. vs STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ORS.

The Supreme Court addressed the appeal concerning the Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959, specifically Sections 52 and 53(6)(a), which the appellants claimed were inconsistent with the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984. The Court held that the appellants could not raise the constitutionality of these provisions for the first time in this appeal, as it was not pursued in the lower courts. Furthermore, the Court noted that the State Legislature had amended the relevant provisions of the Act post the Central Act's enactment, thus rendering the appellants' claims moot.