Supreme Court of India · 2016-08-31
DDA vs RAINY DHALL .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2015/26869
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- DDA
- Respondent
- RAINY DHALL .
- Author
- KURIAN
- Bench
- ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN KURIAN JOSEPH
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal by the Delhi Development Authority, affirming the decision in Civil Appeal No. 8477 of 2016. The Court granted the appellant one year to exercise its rights under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, for initiating fresh acquisition proceedings. It stipulated that if no proceedings are initiated within this period, the appellant must return possession of the land to the original owner as per Section 11 of the Act.