1996 (8) TMI 524

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....isition Act, 1894 (for short, the "Act") was published on March 8, 1957 acquiring the land for planned development of Delhi city. The Land Acquisition officer awarded compensation on October 3, 1974 under Section 11 of the Act. The Additional District Judge enhanced the compensation on October 5, 1976. On appeal, the High Court further enhanced the compensation on July 24, 1984 to Rs. 10/- per squ....

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....e filed for review of the judgment and the High Court in the impugned order dater December 1, 1993 dismissed the review application. Thus these appeals by special leave. Appeal also was filed against the original appellate order with a delay of 3379 days. Shri Pankaj Kalra, learned counsel for the respondents with his usual vehemence, contended that the review application came to be filed eight....

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....er or Court. The Court defined under Section 2 (d) of the Act as on the date of Amendment Bill was introduced and Act made by the Parliament. Therefore, the question that arises is: whether the High Court has jurisdiction to entertain the application for enhancement under the Amendment Act 68 of 1984 came into force. It is true that if it were a case of a superior Court having interpreted the law ....

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....of the settled legal position that the order dismissing the special leave petition in liming does not constitute res judicata; that too in a dispute which was not even between the parties in this case. The above decision may not stand in the way of this Court`s exercising the power under Article 136 of the Constitution. The learned counsel has contended that the Court has power to grant or to r....