https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456777 The Supreme Court declined to condone an unexplained delay of about 21 years in filing the special leave petitions, holding that prior condonation of shorter refiling delays did not cure the failure to show sufficient cause for the main delay. It also noted that the petitioners had accepted the compensation and raised no grievance for years, attracting the doctrines of acquiescence and laches. Their reliance on earlier land acquisition decisions was found inapplicable because those cases involved different factual settings and justified delays. Relief for enhanced compensation was therefore not available, and the challenge to the High Court's compensation award did not survive. en-us Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:58:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456777 The Supreme Court declined to condone an unexplained delay of about 21 years in filing the special leave petitions, holding that prior condonation of shorter refiling delays did not cure the failure to show sufficient cause for the main delay. It also noted that the petitioners had accepted the compensation and raised no grievance for years, attracting the doctrines of acquiescence and laches. Their reliance on earlier land acquisition decisions was found inapplicable because those cases involved different factual settings and justified delays. Relief for enhanced compensation was therefore not available, and the challenge to the High Court's compensation award did not survive. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456777