https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181513 Urgency powers under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 do not dispense with the statutory requirement of making an award: Section 17 permits early possession in urgent cases, but the normal acquisition sequence, including award determination and compensation steps, remains in place unless expressly excluded. Section 11A continues to apply to acquisitions initiated under urgency provisions as a mandatory time-limit protecting landowners from prolonged proceedings. On the facts described, the failure to make an award for decades after notification rendered the acquisition vulnerable for non-compliance, although possession was not to be restored and a fresh acquisition process was required. en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181513 Urgency powers under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 do not dispense with the statutory requirement of making an award: Section 17 permits early possession in urgent cases, but the normal acquisition sequence, including award determination and compensation steps, remains in place unless expressly excluded. Section 11A continues to apply to acquisitions initiated under urgency provisions as a mandatory time-limit protecting landowners from prolonged proceedings. On the facts described, the failure to make an award for decades after notification rendered the acquisition vulnerable for non-compliance, although possession was not to be restored and a fresh acquisition process was required. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181513