https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=15090 Procedural fairness is required before a pre-emptive purchase order under Chapter XXC can stand, and the absence of reasonable opportunity or material irregularity may justify setting it aside. The note also recognises that where an immovable-property vendor is kept out of unpaid consideration because of acquisition proceedings and is not at fault, equity may support an award of interest for the period of deprivation. On the facts discussed, the challenge to the purchase order failed, while the vendor obtained partial relief in the form of interest on the delayed payment. en-us Thu, 03 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:41:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=15090 Procedural fairness is required before a pre-emptive purchase order under Chapter XXC can stand, and the absence of reasonable opportunity or material irregularity may justify setting it aside. The note also recognises that where an immovable-property vendor is kept out of unpaid consideration because of acquisition proceedings and is not at fault, equity may support an award of interest for the period of deprivation. On the facts discussed, the challenge to the purchase order failed, while the vendor obtained partial relief in the form of interest on the delayed payment. Case-Laws Income Tax Thu, 03 Feb 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=15090