JAGJIWAN COOP. HOUSE BLDG. SOC. LTD&ANR vs LT. GOVERNOR, N.C.T. OF DELHI .

The Supreme Court upheld the land acquisition proceedings initiated under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, for the Vasant Kunj residential scheme, rejecting the appellant society's plea for de-notification of the land. The Court noted that the invocation of Section 17(1) was justified and that the society's claim for ownership did not alter the legality of the acquisition. The appeals were dismissed, affirming the High Court's partial allowance of the writ petition while maintaining the notification under Section 4 and quashing the invocation of Section 17(4).