SupremeToday Landscape Ad
Back
Next
Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation
Listen Audio Icon Pause Audio Icon
judgment-img

2026 Supreme(SC) 150

M. M. SUNDRESH, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
Deputy Commissioner and Special Land Acquisition Officer – Appellant
Versus
S. V. Global Mill Limited – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Sudhanshu S Choudhari, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shirish K. Deshpande, AOR Ms. Rucha Pravin Mandlik, Adv. Mr. Raghav Arora, Adv. Ms. Gautami Yadav, Adv. Ms. Paranjal Chaplangokar, Adv. Mr. Viraj Parakh, Adv. Mr. B.K. Shinde, Adv. Mr. Kailas More, Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shyam Diwan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aavishkar Singhvi, A.A.G. Mr. Aman Panwar, A.A.G. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Abhinav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Manav Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv. Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Diksha Arora, Adv. Mr. Vikash Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aman Panwar, A.A.G. Mr. Naveen Sharma, AOR Mrs. Swati Bhushan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Kumar, Adv. Ms. Deepeika Kalia, Adv. Ms. Vasudha Singh, Adv. Mr. Manav Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Sudeep Chandra, Adv. Ms. Khushi, Adv. Ms. Payal Gola, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashish Wad, Adv. Mr. Manoj Wad, Adv. Mr. Siidharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Ms. Swati Arya, Adv. Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Mr. Chirag Sharma, Adv. Mr. Deepanshu Verma, Adv. For M/s J S Wad And Co, AOR Mr. Rajiv Shakdher, Sr. Adv. Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR Ms. Lalit Mohini Bhat, Adv. Mr. Siddarth Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rahul Jain, Adv. Ms. Kanak Bathwal, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Bhat, Adv. Mr. Prakhar Mani Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Sanidhya Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shrinivas Bobde, Adv. Mr. Nirmal Prasad, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kumar Saurav, Adv. Mr. V. Shyamohan, Adv. Ms. Sradhaxna Mudrika, Adv. Ms. Anshika Bajpai, Adv. Ms. Vrinda Goel, Adv. For M/S. Kmnp Law Aor, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. D. L. Chidananda, AOR Ms. Patil Rekha Chandra Gouda, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Brijender Chahar, A.S.G. Mr. Udit Dedhiya, Adv. Ms. Astha Singh, Adv. Mr. Navin Kumar, Adv. Mr. Dheeraj Jani, Adv. Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Nidhesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR Mr. Ambarish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv. Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Vriti Gujral, Adv. Mr. Jimut Baran Mohapatra, Adv. Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shanta Devi Raman, Adv. Ms. Hima Lawrence, AOR Mr. Shirish Krishna, Adv. Mr. Vikram Hegde, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Wadiyar, Adv. Mr. Palash Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Parth Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Trishan Dollny, Adv. Ms. Ms Sindura, Adv. Mr. N Swamy, Adv. Mr. Anand Sanjay M Nuli, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dharam Singh, Adv. Mr. Suraj Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Nanda Kumar K B, Adv. Ms. Akhila Wali, Adv. Mr. Shiva Swaroop, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kanyalur, Adv. Ms. Divya Sinha, Adv. Mr. Ashritsai Torgal, Adv. For M/S. Nuli & Nuli, AOR Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Sr. Adv. Mr. L T P Radha Patil, Adv. Mr. Anil C Nishani, Adv. Mr. P Prasanna Kumar, Adv. Mr. Birdar Patil, Adv. Mr. Krishna M Singh, Adv. Mr. Anil C Nishani, Adv. Mr. Meenesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Thamanna Hurpudi, Adv. Mr. Jyoti Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Jyoti Kumar Mishara, Adv. Ms. Deepti Singh, Adv. Mr. Kushal U, Adv. Mr. Nalini Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Shivam Parashar, Adv. Mr. Garv Vikas, Adv. For M/s Krishna & Nishani Law Chambers, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, Sr. Adv. Ms. Laxmi Kumari, AOR Mr. Manmohan Singh Narula, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Amit Yadav, Adv. Mr. Vikash Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aman Panwar, A.A.G. Mr. Naveen Sharma, AOR Mrs. Swati Bhushan Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.k. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Kumar, Adv. Ms. Deepeika Kalia, Adv. Ms. Vasudha Singh, Adv. Mr. Manav Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Sudeep Chandra, Adv. Ms. Khushi, Adv. Ms. Payal Gola, Adv. Ms. Kiran Suri, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.J. Amith, Adv. Mr. Satish Balavant Rao Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Nagesh Tukaram Kiwad, Adv. Mr. S. Jayadevanna, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv. Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv. Ms. Nandani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Archita Nigam, Adv. Ms. Khushboo Hora, Adv. Ms. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mr. Sanket Shankrappa Ambali, Adv. Mr. Basheerahmed, Adv. Mr. Syed Mukram Pasha Quadri, Adv. Mr. Kamal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Deepak Samota, Adv. Mr. Rohan Chanda, Adv. Mr. Shubham Bhalla, AOR Ms. Supreeta Sharanagouda, AOR Mr. Sharanagouda Patil, Adv. Mr. Vinod Kumar Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Dhaval Deshpande, Adv. Mr. Rahul Lathi, Adv. Mr. Amir Arsiwala, AOR Mr. Arjun Krishnan, AOR Mr. Purushothaman R, Adv. Mr. Manjunath Meled, Adv. Mrs. Vijayalaxmi Udapudi, Adv. Mr. Ganesh Kumar R., AOR Ms. Arushi, Adv. Mr. Parikshit Angadi, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Sanganeria, AOR Mr. Chandrashekhar A. Chakalabbi, Adv. Mr. S.K. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Shivraj Balloli, Adv. Mr. Anshul Rai, Adv. Ms. G. Anusha, Adv. Mr. Varnik Kundaliya, Adv. Mr. Jatin Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rahul Singh Latwal, Adv. For M/s Dharmaprabhas Law Associates, AOR Ms. Shloka Narayanan, AOR Ms. Shubhani D Krishan, Adv. Mr. Rahul Singh Latwal, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Garg, AOR Mr. Sachin, Adv. Mr. Manwendra Gautam, Adv. Mr. Shailesh N Pathak, Adv. Mr. Radhey S Janwa, Adv. Mr. Rahul Latwal, Adv. Mr. Kamal Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankolekar Gurudatta, AOR Ms. Kavya Eligeti, Adv. Mr. Sorokhaibam Shanti Jyoti Singh, Adv. Ms. Shanti Jyoti Singh, Adv. Mr. Aman Choudhary, Adv. Mrs. Jayasheela Y J, Adv. Ms. Shephali, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Ms. Patil Rekha Chandra Gouda, AOR Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, AOR Mr. Brij Kishor Sah, Adv. Ms. Apurva, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Aditya S. Jadhav, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Mr. H. Chandra Sekhar, AOR M/S. Gururaj & Nayak, AOR Mr. Deshpande Chinmay Arvind, AOR Mr. D. L. Chidananda, AOR

JUDGMENT :

M.M. SUNDRESH, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Heard the learned Senior Counsel and the learned counsel appearing for the parties. Additionally, we have had the pleasure of listening to Mr. R. Venkataramani, learned Attorney General for India, who made his submissions at our request. Documents filed, judgments relied upon, and the written submissions have been perused and duly taken on record.

\

3. We are dealing with a batch of matters wherein the High Courts, vide the impugned judgments, have dismissed the first appeals filed by the appellant(s) under Section 74 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as “the 2013 Act”) as being barred by limitation.

4. The primary issue before us is on the interplay of Section 74 read with Section 103 of the 2013 Act, on the one hand, and Sections 5 and 29(2) of the Limitation Act, 1963 (hereinafter referred to as “the 1963 Act”) on the other. The incidental issue is on the application of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as “the 1894 Act”) as against the 2013 Act in cases where land acquisition proceedings were initiated under t

      Click Here to Read the rest of this document
      1
      2
      3
      4
      5
      6
      7
      8
      9
      10
      11
      SupremeToday Portrait Ad
      supreme today icon
      logo-black

      An indispensable Tool for Legal Professionals, Endorsed by Various High Court and Judicial Officers

      Please visit our Training & Support
      Center or Contact Us for assistance

      qr

      Scan Me!

      India’s Legal research and Law Firm App, Download now!

      For Daily Legal Updates, Join us on :

      whatsapp-icon telegram-icon
      whatsapp-icon Back to top