https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175478 Mandatory publication and notice requirements in compulsory land acquisition must be strictly followed where the statute prescribes multiple modes of public notice, including Gazette publication and newspaper publication in the locality. Compliance with only some prescribed modes was insufficient because the safeguards protect landowners' valuable pre-acquisition rights. The failure to publish the acquisition notice in two daily newspapers as required, including the omission of the regional-language publication, and the failure to publish the corrigendum enhancing the acquisition area in any newspaper, rendered the proceedings invalid. Awareness of the acquisition or individual notice could not cure statutory non-compliance. en-us Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175478 Mandatory publication and notice requirements in compulsory land acquisition must be strictly followed where the statute prescribes multiple modes of public notice, including Gazette publication and newspaper publication in the locality. Compliance with only some prescribed modes was insufficient because the safeguards protect landowners' valuable pre-acquisition rights. The failure to publish the acquisition notice in two daily newspapers as required, including the omission of the regional-language publication, and the failure to publish the corrigendum enhancing the acquisition area in any newspaper, rendered the proceedings invalid. Awareness of the acquisition or individual notice could not cure statutory non-compliance. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175478