IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 8279 of 2017 =============================================

PATABHAI HADABHAI BHARWAD Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR MD VAKIL(1062) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MS HETAL PATEL, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 NOTICE SERVED BY DS for the Respondent(s) No. 4 =============================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY Date : 13/04/2026

ORAL ORDER

(PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS. JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL)

1. We may note, at the outset, that at the time when the issue pertaining to the scope of Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act, 2013’) was subject matter of consideration before the Constitution Bench of the Apex Court in Indore Development Authority v.s. Manoharlal and Ors. [(2020) 8 SCC 129] and the decision of three judge bench in Pune Municipal Corporation and Anr. v.s. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki and Ors. [2014 (3) SCC 183] was holding th