In Brief
The original landowners challenged a High Court judgment that enhanced compensation for land acquisition from Rs. 6 to Rs. 28.12 per square yard. The special leave petition was filed six years after the High Court judgment without adequate explanation for the delay. Moreover, the respondents had accepted the High Court order, deposited the compensation, and the landowners had received the amount in 2013. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition both on the ground of delay and on merits, noting that compensation had already been determined in related civil appeals concerning the same acquisition for the same purpose.
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