In Brief
The Delhi Development Authority challenged a High Court order quashing the acquisition of land for a Freight Complex at Narela under Delhi's planned development. The land owners argued the emergency acquisition was improper and should have been de-notified. The Supreme Court held that acquisition for urgent public purposes like city infrastructure projects justifies invoking emergency provisions to dispense with mandatory inquiries. The Court found the De-notification Committee had properly considered and rejected the owners' representation. Affirming that land acquisition procedures were lawful, the Court allowed the appeal and dismissed the owners' writ petitions.
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