https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463161 Acquisition of cultivated land could not be sustained on the basis of mere paper possession, because standing crops and contemporaneous cultivation entries showed that actual physical possession had not been effectively taken. Vesting under Section 16 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 requires real and effective dispossession, not a revenue record prepared by officials. The acquisition also failed for breach of Section 5A(2), because the objector was denied a valid hearing and the record did not show proper service of notice or objective consideration of objections. The court treated compliance with the hearing requirement as mandatory, and the acquisition was set aside. en-us Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:15:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463161 Acquisition of cultivated land could not be sustained on the basis of mere paper possession, because standing crops and contemporaneous cultivation entries showed that actual physical possession had not been effectively taken. Vesting under Section 16 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 requires real and effective dispossession, not a revenue record prepared by officials. The acquisition also failed for breach of Section 5A(2), because the objector was denied a valid hearing and the record did not show proper service of notice or objective consideration of objections. The court treated compliance with the hearing requirement as mandatory, and the acquisition was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463161