Govt. of NCT of Delhi vs Sushil Kumar Gupta

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2023 Supreme(SC) 112

M. R. SHAH, C. T. RAVIKUMAR
Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Appellant
Versus
Sushil Kumar Gupta – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. C.P. Rajwar, Adv. Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv. Ms. Somi Sharma, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Jasbir Singh Malik, Adv. Ms. Hemlata Rao, Adv. Mr. Varun Punia, AOR Mr. Nitin Mishra, AOR.

JUDGMENT :

M.R. SHAH, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 30.05.2016 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in Writ Petition (C) No. 1399 of 2014, by which, the High Court has allowed the said writ petition and has declared that the land acquisition proceedings in respect of the land in question is deemed to have lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as “Act, 2013”), the Government of NCT of Delhi has preferred the present appeal.

2. It is true that there is a huge delay in preferring the appeal which is vehemently opposed by Shri Neeraj Kishan Kaul, learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the contesting respondent(s) – original writ petitioner, however, taking into consideration the other similar orders passed by different benches in condoning such delay in preferring the appeal challenging the order(s) passed by the very High Court declaring that the acquisition is lapsed under Section 24(2) of the Act, 2013 and taking into consideration the fact that while passing the impugned judgment and orde