Working Friends Coop. House ... vs State Of Punjab & Ors

The Supreme Court ruled that the compulsory acquisition of land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 has lapsed as per Section 24(2) of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The Court emphasized that since the appellant was in actual possession of the land and the compensation was not tendered to the appellant but deposited in the Treasury, the acquisition proceedings were invalid. Consequently, the Court held that the appellant's land acquisition had lapsed, allowing the appeal.