In Brief
The Supreme Court allowed appeals by the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Bangalore against a High Court judgment declaring land acquisition proceedings lapsed under section 24(2) of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act. The Court held this view unsustainable under the Constitution Bench's Indore Development Authority decision. Acquisition lapses only when neither possession was taken nor compensation paid for five years pre-2014, excluding interim order periods. Land owners who obtained stay orders cannot later claim lapse. The Court set aside both judgments and remitted the matter for the Single Judge to decide all other issues on acquisition validity, emphasizing courts must adjudicate all framed issues rather than disposing matters narrowly.
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