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2015 Supreme(SC) 1393

VIKRAMAJIT SEN, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH
Delhi Development Authority – Appellant
Versus
Sukhbir Singh – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ranjit Kumar, SG Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv.
For the Respondent: Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr.Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Vivek Jain, Adv. Ms. Devika Mohan, Adv. Mr. Aviskar Singhvi, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Hemant Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Sachin Gupta, Adv.

ORDER :

1. Heard Learned Solicitor General appearing for the Petitioner, Mr. Dhruv Mehta, learned Senior Counsel for Respondent Nos. 1 & 2 and Dr. A.M. Singhvi learned Senior Counsel for Respondent Nos.3 to 5.

2. This Court, speaking through several different Benches, has explained the provisions of Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter Act of 2013). This includes the oft and ubiquitously cited three-Judge Bench decision in Pune Municipal Corporation v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki (2014) 3 SCC 183. An adumbration of the law can also be found in the decision of this very Bench in Government of NCT of Delhi v. Jagjit Singh in Civil Appeal No. 2592 of 2015, delivered on 27.2.2015.

3. At the commencement of the hearing of this SLP, we were of the view that this SLP also deserved similar dismissal. However, the learned Solicitor General has vehemently contended that the facts obtaining in the present SLP are singularly and significantly different to the others, and that the present matter requires detailed consideration. He has emphasized that there is no controversy regarding the fact that

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