ARUN MISHRA, INDIRA BANERJEE, VINEET SARAN, M.R.SHAH, S. RAVINDRA BHAT
INDORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY – Appellant
Versus
MANOHAR LAL – Respondent
ORDER
ARUN MISHRA, J.
1. The question of interpretation of Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (for short, 'the Act of 2013'), has been referred to a fiveJudge Constitution Bench of this Court.
2. A threeJudge Bench of this Court in Pune Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki & Ors. (2014) 3 SCC 183, had delivered a judgment interpreting section 24 of the Act of 2013. In Yogesh Neema & Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2016) 6 SCC 387, a twoJudge Bench, doubted the decision of Sree Balaji Nagar Residential Assn. v. State of Tamil Nadu (2015) 3 SCC 353 and referred the matter to a larger Bench.
3. Yet in another Civil Appeal No.20982 of 2017 arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.2131 of 2016 (Indore Development Authority vs. Shailendra (Dead) through Lrs. & Ors., 2018 SCC Online SC 100) the matter was referred to a larger Bench on 7.12.2017. The following observations were made in Indore Development Authority (supra):
“19. It was also urged that this Court is also bound to prevent the abuse of process of law. The cases which have been concluded are being revived. In spite of not accept
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