https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194441 A belated challenge to land acquisition is vulnerable where the landowners remained silent through the planning, declaration and award stages and the appeals abated because legal representatives were not brought on record in time. The reserved public purpose and the acquisition notification were treated as materially consistent, so no invalidity arose on that ground. Withdrawal from acquisition under Section 48 required publication in the Official Gazette and a meaningful hearing to the beneficiary; absence of publication and an ineffective hearing justified quashing the withdrawal order. A finding of mala fides cannot stand without specific pleadings and clear proof, and suspicion alone is insufficient. en-us Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:15:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194441 A belated challenge to land acquisition is vulnerable where the landowners remained silent through the planning, declaration and award stages and the appeals abated because legal representatives were not brought on record in time. The reserved public purpose and the acquisition notification were treated as materially consistent, so no invalidity arose on that ground. Withdrawal from acquisition under Section 48 required publication in the Official Gazette and a meaningful hearing to the beneficiary; absence of publication and an ineffective hearing justified quashing the withdrawal order. A finding of mala fides cannot stand without specific pleadings and clear proof, and suspicion alone is insufficient. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=194441