https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=466996 Post-commencement land acquisition under the 2013 Act attracts the Act's rehabilitation and resettlement regime, so affected landowners were entitled to those statutory benefits despite an earlier policy and prior environmental clearance. A social impact assessment was not mandatory on the facts because the project fell within the Act's exception, and objections under Section 15 were time-barred, so no enforceable right to a personal hearing arose. A stay of operation of an earlier Division Bench judgment did not extinguish its ratio or binding force; the declared legal principle remained applicable until set aside by a superior court. The acquisition was therefore not invalidated on those grounds. en-us Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:28:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=466996 Post-commencement land acquisition under the 2013 Act attracts the Act's rehabilitation and resettlement regime, so affected landowners were entitled to those statutory benefits despite an earlier policy and prior environmental clearance. A social impact assessment was not mandatory on the facts because the project fell within the Act's exception, and objections under Section 15 were time-barred, so no enforceable right to a personal hearing arose. A stay of operation of an earlier Division Bench judgment did not extinguish its ratio or binding force; the declared legal principle remained applicable until set aside by a superior court. The acquisition was therefore not invalidated on those grounds. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=466996