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2024 Supreme(SC) 509

SURYA KANT, DIPANKAR DATTA, UJJAL BHUYAN
Delhi Development Authority – Appellant
Versus
Tejpal – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner: M/S. Saharya & Co., AOR Mr. Shashank Singh, AOR Mr. Kailash Vasdev, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nitin Mishra, AOR Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Mitali Gupta, Adv. Ms. Shambhavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Govind Kumar, Adv. Ms. Astha, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Poddar, Adv. Dr. M.P. Raju, Adv. Dr. P. George Giri, Adv. Ms. Mary Scaria, Adv. Ms. Jasmin Kurian Giri, Adv. Mr. Vikas Sharma, Adv. Mr. P. George Giri, AOR Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR Ms. Kanishka Mittal, Adv. Mr. Shrey Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Upasna Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Vanya Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bharat Arora, Adv. Mr. Manikya Khanna, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, Adv. Mr. Sharath Sampath, Adv. Mr. Gourav Arora, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Kumar, Adv. M/S. Vedya Partners, AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv. Mr. C.P. Rajwar, Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Lav Kumar Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Narayan Vasudeva, AOR Mr. Hasan Zaidi, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Chiller, Adv. Mr. Rohit Lochav, Adv. Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR Mr. Ns Vashisht, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Kataria, Adv. Mr. Chand Qureshi, AOR Mr. Nitin Jain, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Keshav Dev, Adv. Mr. Deepak Raj Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar, AOR Mr. Mohan Lal Sharma, AOR Ms. Arti Singh, AOR Ms. Manika Tripathy, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Rony John, Adv. Ms. Prachi Bajpai, AOR Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Mr. Satish Chandra, Adv. Mr. Arjun Sain, Adv. Mr. Ravi Bharuka, AOR Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Ms. Payal Swarup, Adv. Mr. Ameet Siingh, Adv. Mr. Devesh Maurya, Adv. Mr. Pratham Sethi, Adv. Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Majumdar, Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Mr. Ravinder Sethi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Puneet Sharma, AOR Mr. Atul Kumar, AOR Ms. Sweety Singh, Adv. Ms. Archana Kumari, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kumari, Adv. Mr. Rahul Pandey, Adv. Mr. Avs Kadyan, Adv. Ms. Yoothica Pallavi, AOR Ms. Niharika Ahluwalia, AOR Mr. Arpit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Himaghn Jain, Adv. Ms. Sonakshi Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanwangi Shukla, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR Ms. Shalini Chandra, AOR Mr. Ravinder Kumar Yadav, AOR Mr. Vinay Mohan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Baljeet Singh, Adv. Ms. Arti Anupriya, Adv. Mr. Kartikey, Adv. Mr. Paras Juneja, Adv. Mr. Vineet Yadav, Adv. Mr. Amir Yadav, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Bhawana Gadpandey, Adv. Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR Ms. Poornima Singh, Adv. Mr. Rustam Singh Chauhan, Adv. Ms. BLN Shivani, Adv. Ms. Manisha Chava, Adv. Mr. Rustam Singh Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Devashish Das, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Dinesh Kumar Garg, AOR Mr. S.K. Bandhupadhyay, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Garg, Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Garg, Adv. Mr. R.P. Bansal, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Chanakya Gupta, Adv. Ms. Anu Gupta, AOR Mr. Prem Malhotra, AOR Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Ms. R. Rajaselvan, Adv. Mr. Rishi Raj Sharma, AOR Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shruti Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Ramkrishna, AOR Ms. Anjali Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Samina Thakur, Adv. Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR Mr. Yash Pal Dhingra, AOR Mr. Ashish Virmani, AOR Mr. Dharamraj Ohlan, Adv. Mr. Parov Ohlan, Adv. Ms. Charu Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Krishan Kant Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Chirag Singhal, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Akash, Adv. Ms. Chanchal, Adv. Ms. Chancha, Adv. Mr. Suraj Pal Singh, Adv. Mr. Vishwa Pal Singh, AOR Mr. G.S. Kalra, Sr. Adv. Mr. B.K. Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Mahi Pal Singh, Adv. Ms. Manisha Chawla, Adv. Ms. Yamini Sharma, Adv. Ms.Ritika Raj, Adv. Mr. Ranjit Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Atishi Dipankar, AOR Mr. K. S. Rana, AOR Mr. Anurag Nagar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sharma, Adv. Mrs. A. Fatima, Adv. Mr. Amitava Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Abhay Kumar Tayal, AOR Mr. Nishant Prateek, Adv. Ms. Kanishka Bhati, Adv. Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati, AOR Mr. Nischal Kumar Neeraj, AOR Mr. Anuj Bhandari, AOR Mrs. Anju Jain, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Sachaar, Adv. Mr. Mayank Bughani, Adv. Mr. Naveen Chawla, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. Atul Jain, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Divyanshu Goyal, AOR Mr. Mayank Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Prerana Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Rajiv Raheja, AOR Mr. Sanjiv Raheja, Adv. Mr. B S Mathur, Adv. Mr. Rajat Mathur, Adv. Mr. Akbar Siddique, AOR Mr. Parv K Garg, Adv. Mr. Parwez Akhtar, Adv. Mr. Harsh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Dr. Smriti Raturi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Animesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Batra, AOR Mr. Chinmay Dubey, Adv. Ms. Shivani Chawla, Adv. Mr. Rhythm Katyal, Adv. Ms. Archna Yadav, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Arora, Adv. Mr. Yuvraj Chhabra, Adv. Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR Mr. Bharat Singh, Adv. Mr. Kshitiz Singh, Adv. Mr. Dev Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, AOR Mr. Priyesh Mohan Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Ms. Sonal K. Chopra, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. Mr. N S Vasisht, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Kataria, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Piyush Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Shruti Verma, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Jha, Adv. Mr. Aakrisht Kalra, Adv. Mr. Desam Sudhakarareddy, Adv. Mr. Varun Kapur, AOR Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bharat Arora, Adv. Mr. Gourav Arora, Adv. Mr. Manikya Khanna, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, Adv. Mr. Sharath Sampath, Adv. Mr. Tarun Mehta, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Anand Chichra, Adv. Mr. Raghav Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Kumar, Adv. M/S. Vedya Partners, AOR Mr. Sumit Bansal, Adv. Mr. Manish Paliwal, AOR Mr. Udaibir Singh Kochar, Adv. Ms. Megha Yadav, Adv. Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Payal Swarup, Adv. Mr. Ameet Siingh, Adv. Mr. Devesh Maurya, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Majumdar, Adv. Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Baij Nath Yadav, Adv. Mr. Shivam Goyal, Adv. Mr. S.K. Sinha, AOR Mr. Shubham Kashyap, Adv. Mrs. Seema Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Amar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Divyam Agarwal, AOR Mr. PranavAish Tanwar, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Jindal, AOR Mr. Om Prakash Vyas, Adv. Mr. Kamal Katyan, Adv. Ms. Sapna Nirwan, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Katyan, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kohli, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Aman Nandrajog, Adv. Mr. Varun Tankha, Adv. Mr. Arjun Nanda, Adv. Mr. Pratik Rajopadhye, Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Ms. Neha Das, Adv. Mr. Ravi Shankar Ravi, Adv. M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR M/S. Kings And Alliance LLP, AOR Mr. Chand Qureshi, AOR Mr. Pankaj Talwar, Adv. Mrs. Arpana Soni, Adv. Mr. Mohit Yadav, Adv. Mr. Dharamveer Singh, Adv. Mr. Abdul Karim Ansari, Adv. Mr. Keshav Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Surendra Ramgopal Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv. Ms. S, Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Ms. Anwesha Padhi, Adv. Ms. Kamakshi Sehgal, Adv. Ms. Trisha Chandran, Adv. Ms. Abha Saigal, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Sudeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Bhavya Sethi, Adv. Mr. Akul Mehandru, Adv. Mr. Aditya Vashishath, Adv. Ms. Diva Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Malik, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Mehal, Adv. Mr. Manish Gupta, Adv. Ms. Neelam Singh, AOR Mr. Shankar Divate, AOR Mr. Rajivkumar, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, AOR Mr. Devesh Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Sanjay Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Nayak, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kulhare, Adv. Mr. Anil Gaur, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gagan Parmar, Adv. Ms. Rachana Dalal, Adv. Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Ms. Deepika V. Marwaha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR Mr. Vinay K. Shailendra, Adv. Ms. Worthing Kasar, Adv. Mr. Saksham Maheshwari, Adv. Ms. Iti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. Puneet Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sundeep Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Paran Kumar, Adv. Mr. Braj Kishore Mishra, AOR Mr. Abhishek Yadav, Adv. Mr. Ruchit Mohan, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Mini Kishore, Adv. Mr. Priyadarshi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ninad Dogra, AOR Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mr. Amrendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Ram Bachan Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Rajeev N Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kartik Kumar, Adv. Mr. Debesh Panda, AOR Ms. Sugandha Anand , AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Vikas Gupta, AOR Mr. Vivek Gupta, Adv. Dr. Vipin Gupta, Adv. Mr. M. C. Dhingra, AOR Mr. Sanchar Anand, Adv. Ms. Diva Singh, Adv. Mr. Aman Kumar Thakur, Adv. Mr. Arjun Rana, Adv. Mr. Karan Thakur, Adv. Mr. Devendra Singh, AOR Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, Adv. Mr. Priyesh Mohan Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Ms. Sonal K. Chopra, Adv. M/S. Mitter & Mitter Co., AOR Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Mr. Bharat Bhushan, AOR Mr. R.B. Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Uday Gupta, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shivani Lal, Adv. Mr. Chetan Anand, Adv. Ms. Sanam Singh, Adv. Mr. Harish Dasan, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, Adv. Ms. Yogamaya M.g., Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Gupta, Adv. Ms. Anjitha Santosh, Adv. Mr. Hiren Dasan, AOR Mr. Tushar Bakshi, AOR Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Vikramaditya Singh, AOR Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Ms. Shrika Gautam, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Bhagat, AOR Mr. Sadre Alam, Adv. Mr. Ritwik Prasad, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Jain, AOR Mr. Gurdeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Sajjan Singb Nahar, Adv. Ms. Ruchika Bhan, Adv. Mr. Aftab Rasheed, Adv. Mr. M.A. Mansoori, Adv. Mr. Aftab Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Anirudh Bhatia, Adv. Ms. Shreya Sethi, Adv. Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, AOR Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Sumit Bansal, Adv. Mr. Vikas Kumar, AOR Mr. Udaibir Singh Kochar, Adv. Mr. Tulna Rampal, Adv. Mr. Sangam Panghal, Adv. Mr. Pranjal Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Arun Kumar, Adv. Ms. S. Janani, AOR Mr. Jasbir Singh Malik, Adv. Ms. Chandni Shrma, Adv. Mr. Tushar Rathi, Adv. Mr. Narender Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Suman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Varun Punia, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. Gaurav Jain, Adv. Ms. Abha Jain, AOR Mr. Jaivir Singh, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Shivang Goel, Adv. Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR M/S. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co., AOR M/S. Anuradha & Associates, AOR Mr. Shrivandit Mishra, Adv. Mr. Suraj, Adv. Mr. Davesh Bhatia, AOR Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR Mr. Atul Kumar, AOR Mrs. Balvinder Kaur Brar, AOR Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. N. Prabhakar, Adv. Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR Mr. Shreyash Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. N. S. Dalal, Adv. Ms. Rachana Dalal Ms. Sweta Kadyan Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv. Mr. R. C. Kaushik, AOR Mr. Sudhansu Palo, AOR Ms. Awantika Manohar, AOR Mr. Bhagwat Pershad Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Adv. Ms. Muskan Gupta, Adv. Mr. Surender Kumar Gupta, AOR Ms. Richa Kapoor, AOR Mr. Kunal Anand, Adv. Ms. Shisham Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Bankey Bihari, AOR Mr. R.S. Chaggar, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Smita Maan, Adv. Ms. Ruchira V. Arora, Adv. Ms. Sangeeta Bhamra, Adv. Mr. Yogersh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kartikeya Gautam, Adv. Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, AOR Mr. Akhil Sachar, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Vaishali Sharma, Adv. Mr. Soayib Qureshi, AOR Mr. Puneet Taneja, AOR Ms. Smita Maan, AOR Mr. Vishal Maan, Adv. Mr. Manish Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Keshav Kumar, Adv. Mr. Satya Kam Sharma, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar-I, AOR Ms. N. Annapoorani, AOR Mr. Sumeet, Adv. Mr. Abhay Kumar, AOR Mr. Shagun Ruhil, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Kusum Pandey, Adv. Mr. Kumar Milind, Adv. Mr. Umang Shankar, AOR Mr. Md. Shahid Anwar, AOR Mr. Syed Rehan, Adv. Mr. Mohd Shahzeb Khan, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia, AOR Mr. Jaideep Malik, Adv. Mr. Nitesh Dhankar, Adv. Mr. Onkar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Shaiendra Kumar Nirmal, Adv. Mr. Sujeet Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Kumar Nirmal, Adv. Mr. Anant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ranjeet Kumar, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Hasibuddin, Adv. Mr. Anurag Jain, Adv. Mr. Ms. Soni, Adv. Mr. Charudatta Vijayrao Mahindrakar, AOR Mr. Gaurav M. Liberhan, Adv. Mr. Arun Singh Rawat, Adv. Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR Mr. Alok Sangwan, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Yadav, Adv. Ms. Snehla Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Anas Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Ansar Ahmad Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AOR Mr. Shrimay Mishra, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Pandey, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Chander, Adv. Ms. Shipra Ghose, AOR Mr. Y K Kapur, Adv. Mr. Amrendra Kumar Mehta, AOR Mrs. Lalita Kaushik, AOR Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Varun Singh, Adv. Ms. Kajal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Aman Panwar, Adv. Ms. Kajal S Gupta, Adv. Ms. Somesa S Gupta, Adv. Mr. Mudit Gupta, AOR Ms. Somesa Gupta, Adv. Mr. Akash Panwar, Adv. Ms. Priyanjali Singh, AOR Mr. Sudhir Naagar, AOR Mr. U.K. Uniyal, Sr. Adv. Mr. D.K. Garg, Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Garg, AOR Mr. Abhishek Garg, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Tiwari, Adv. Mr. R.P. Bansal, Adv. Mr. V Lakshmikumaran, Adv. Ms. Charanya Lakshmikumaran, AOR Ms. Apeksha Mehta, Adv. Ms. Neha Choudhary, Adv. Ms. Umang Motiyani, Adv. Ms. Falguni Gupta, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Pal, Adv. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Ms. Swarupa,a Chaturvedi, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Iyer, AOR Mr. Puneet Singh Bindra, Adv. Mr. Akshay Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Gupta, Adv. Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv. Mr. Puneet Singh Bindra, AOR Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Shirish K. Deshpande, AOR Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Ms. Anusha R, Adv. Mrs. Geetanjali Bedi, Adv. Mr. Ranvijay Singh Chandel, Adv. Mrs. Vipasha Singh, Adv. Ms. Mythili S, Adv. Mr. Dushyant Pratap Singh, Adv. Dr. Anthony Raju, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kumar Verma, AOR Mr. Vmz Chambers, AOR Mr. Rajender Pd. Saxena, AOR Mr. Vijay Kasana, AOR Mr. Mohit Mathur, Adv. Mrs. Chetna Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashish Tanwar, Adv. Mrs. Heeba Ansari, Adv. Mr. Chirag Verma, Adv. Mr. K Ramakanth Reddy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Komal Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Astha Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Jay Vishwanath Pandey, Adv. Mr. Umesh Chandra Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR Mr. Kaushik Poddar, AOR Mr. Kunal Verma, AOR Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Banju, AOR Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR Mr. Abinash Kumar Mishra, AOR Mr. Mohit K, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kr. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Kr. Pandey, Adv. Ms. Madhu Kumari, Adv. Ms. Mandhu Kumari, Adv. Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ritu Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Jagriti Mittal, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Mr. Parth Sarathi, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Gyanendra Vikram Singh, Adv. Mr. Vivek R. Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Ankit Anandraj Shah, AOR Mr. S. B. Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Upadhyaya, Adv. Mr. Karan Shankar Mani, Adv. Mr. Shakti Singh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Rahul Yadav, Adv. Mr. T. L. Garg, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Garga, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR Ms. Mithu Jain, Adv. Mr. Nikunj Jain, Adv. Ms. Shailja Singh, Adv. Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv. Mr. Manish K. Bishnoi, AOR Mr. Nirmal Prasad, Adv. Mr. Khubaib Shakeel, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Bharadwaj, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Gupta, AOR Mr. P. N. Mishra, Sr. Adv. Ms. E. R. Sumathy, AOR Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR Mr. D. K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. Gagan Gupta, AOR Mr. Prithvi Pal, AOR Mr. S. K. Rout, Adv. Mr. Ganesh Singh, Adv. Mr. Amit Acharya, Adv. Mr. Aman Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Priyonkoo Anjan Gogoi, Adv. Mr. Pryonkoo Anjan Gogoi, Adv. Ms. Priti, Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Mr. Satish Chandra, Adv. Mr. Arjun Sain, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu, Adv. Ms. Mridula Ray Bharadwaj, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Vikas Mehta, AOR Ms. Rashi Rampal, Adv. Ms. Priyambada Mishra, Adv. Mr. Adith Nair, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Prit Jha, AOR Ms. Preeti Kumari, Adv. Mr. Anurag Bansal, Adv. Ms. Asha Jain Madan, AOR Mr. Mukesh Jain, Adv. Mr. Ashwani Kumar, AOR Ms. Astha Tyagi, AOR Mr. Ashwani Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Firdouse Qutb Wani, AOR Mr. Md. Zaryab J Rizvi, Adv. Mr. B.V. Niren, Adv. Mr. Kshitij Mudgal, Adv. Mr. Vikalp Mudgal, AOR Ms. Anshul Rajora, Adv. Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, AOR Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Ritesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Chandra Prakash, AOR Mr. Vivek Singh, Adv. Mr. C.P. Rajwar, Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Lav Kumar Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Tanwangi Shukla, Adv. Mr. Atul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Deepali, Adv. Mr. Amit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR Mr. Tejas Patel, AOR Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan, AOR Mr. H R Khan, Adv. Mr. Sameer Ahmad, Adv. Mr. M Dhandapani, Adv. Mr. Mohd Israr Khan, Adv. Mr. Mohd Parvez Khan, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, AOR Ms. Harsh Lata, AOR Mr. Vinam Gupta, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Ms. Niharika Ahluwalia, AOR Ms. Prachi Bajpai, AOR Mr. Parijat Kishore, AOR Mr. Deepak Dhingra, Adv. Ms. Sneh Somani, Adv. Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, ASG Ms. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Navanjay Mahapatra, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR Mr. Jinendra Jain, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Sagar, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Raj Sharma, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Narwal, Adv. Ms. Arti Singh, AOR Mr. Rahul Shyam Bhandari, AOR Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR Mr. Krishan Kumar, AOR Mr. Aman Varma, AOR Ms. Sunieta Ojha, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Dhananjay Kataria, Adv. Mr. Atul Kumar, AOR Ms. Sweety Kumari, Adv. Ms. Sweety Singh, Adv. Ms. Archana Kumari, Adv. Mr. Rahul Pandey, Adv. Mr. Avs Kadyan, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Ms. Meera Kaura, AOR Mr. Vikrant Narayan Vasudeva, AOR Mr. Mohan Lal Sharma, AOR Ms. Shalini Chandra, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. M. A. Chinnasamy, AOR Mr. Ravi Bharuka, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Rooh-e-hina Dua, AOR Mr. Harshit Khanduja, Adv. Ms. Dhanakshi Gandhi, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR M/S. Saharya & Co., AOR Mr. R. Ilam Paridi, AOR Ms. Kamakshi S. Mehlwal, AOR Mr. Abhik Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sanveer Mehlwal, Adv. Ms. Geetanjali Mehlwal, Adv. Mr. Deepak Gambhir, Adv. Mr. Rinku Mathur, Adv. Mr. Upendra Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. C. Solomon, Adv. Mr. S.nagarajan, AOR Mr. Yasharth Kant, AOR Mr. Pardeep Gupta, Adv. Mr. Parinav Gupta, Adv. Mrs. Mansi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rakshit Rathi, Adv. Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, AOR Ms. Puja Dewan, AOR Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Nitin Mishra, AOR Ms. Manika Tripathy, AOR Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, AOR Mr. R.B. Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohit Kumar Gupta, AOR Mr. L M Asthana, Adv. Mr. Siddhant Asthana, Adv. Ms. Neha Malik, AOR Mr. Randhir Singh, Adv. Ms. Manjeet Chawla, AOR Mrs. Usha Pant Kukreti, Adv. Mr. Abhisth Kumar, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Jain, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Jain, Adv. Mrs. Meenakshi Jain, Adv. Mr. Bijoy Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. Alok Tripathi, AOR Mr. Rahul Shyam Bhandari, AOR Mr. Suhaas Ratna Joshi, AOR Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR

Judgement Key Points

The judgment primarily addresses the issue of condonation of delay in land acquisition proceedings initiated by government entities under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which are now governed by the 2013 Act. The Court emphasizes that government authorities bear the burden of establishing sufficient cause for delay, even when public interest is involved, and this must be proven despite the overarching impact on public projects (!) (!) .

The Court discusses the legal framework for condonation of delay, highlighting that the law permits courts to extend limitation periods only if the applicant demonstrates a valid and sufficient cause within the prescribed time frame (!) (!) . It underscores that reasons arising after the limitation period cannot justify delay, and that subsequent changes in law or public interest, by themselves, do not constitute valid grounds for condonation unless there is a clear, timely explanation for the delay (!) (!) .

Furthermore, the Court recognizes that delays caused by suppression of material facts by landowners can be justified as sufficient cause, especially if such suppression was discovered later and was material to the case (!) (!) . It stresses that a liberal approach should be taken in favor of government entities, considering their impersonal and bureaucratic nature, but only if they demonstrate bona fide efforts and diligence (!) (!) .

The Court also considers extraordinary circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which temporarily disrupted judicial and administrative processes, and which can justify condonation if the delay occurred during the pandemic period (!) (!) . However, delays attributable to deliberate inaction or negligence, or arising from circumstances after the limitation period, are generally not accepted as valid causes (!) (!) .

Finally, the Court emphasizes that overruling of previous judgments or change of law does not automatically reopen settled disputes unless the case is still pending, and that finality should be maintained to uphold legal certainty and avoid perpetual litigation. It advocates a balanced approach, weighing public interest and the rights of landowners, and exercises its powers to condone delays where justified, ensuring that public infrastructure projects are not unduly delayed (!) (!) (!) .


Table of Content
1. the necessity and implications of land acquisition process under delhi development authority. (Para 2 , 3)
2. arguments supporting the appeal process for condonation of legal delay. (Para 4 , 6)
3. judicial interpretation on the impact of law changes on ongoing litigations. (Para 7 , 11 , 12)
4. judicial discretion regarding delay and public interest in land acquisition. (Para 33)
5. conclusion upholding dda's appeal and the upholding of land acquisition; balance of public interest. (Para 64 , 66)

JUDGMENT :

Table of contents

A. Facts

B. Contentions of parties

C. Law on Condonation of Delay

D. Whether delay should be condoned in the present cases?

D.1. Suppression of facts by the landowners

D.2. Change of law

D.3. Leeway to be granted to government entities

D.4. COVID-19 Pandemic

D.5. Supreme Court frowning upon the filing of fresh SLPs

D.6. Public interest and justice

D.7. Delay already condoned in some cases

E. Conclusion and Directions

Appendix

List A: Suppression of facts

List B: Notice neither on delay nor on merits

List C: Review Petitions and Miscellaneous Applications

List D: Leave granted





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