In Brief
This case involved multiple consolidated appeals by the Government of Delhi regarding land acquisition proceedings under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The core issue was that neither possession of the acquired land had been taken from the respondents (original owners) nor compensation had been paid to them. The Supreme Court found that no legal stay order had prevented the government from fulfilling these obligations. Since both actions remained incomplete beyond the five-year statutory deadline under Section 24(2), the Court held the appeals had no merit and dismissed them with no costs awarded.
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