SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
DIVISION BENCH
( Before : Kurian Joseph; Rohinton Fali Nariman, JJ. )
PAWAN KUMAR AGGARWAL — Appellant
Vs.
STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. — Respondent
Civil Appeal No.3789 of 2016 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 5502 of 2014)
Decided on : 11-04-2016
Cases Referred
Karnail Kaur v. State of Punjab, (2015) 3 SCC 206
JUDGMENT
Kurian, J. – Leave granted.
2. It is not in dispute that though an award was passed in respect of the land belonging to the appellant, the appellant has not been dispossessed and hence the appellant is entitled for the protection under Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. In fact, we find that in respect of the same very acquisition Notification in a situation where the possession is still retained by the owner, this Court by Judgment dated 22.01.2015 in C.A.No.7424 of 2013 titled Karnail Kaur and Ors. Vs. State of Punjab and Ors. reported in 2015 (3) SCC 206 has quashed the Notification, therefore, this appeal is allowed.
Proceedings for acquisition in respect of the land belonging to the appellant covered by this appeal stand quashed.
(2016) AIR(SC) 2223 : (2016) 7 SCC 614
