Aligarh Devt.Auth vs Megh Singh & Ors

The Supreme Court held that the land acquisition proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, lapsed as per Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, due to the absence of an award being passed. The Court emphasized that since no award was made under either the 1894 Act or the 2013 Act, the acquisition process could not be sustained. Consequently, the High Court's decision to quash the acquisition notification was upheld, affirming the respondent's entitlement to a declaration that the acquisition proceedings had lapsed.