Delay in filing land acquisition appeals beyond 120 days cannot be condoned.

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....The HC held that it lacks power to condone delay in filing appeals beyond 120 days stipulated u/s 74(1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Section 74(1) proviso expressly excludes applicability of Section 5 of Limitation Act, 1963 by conferring power to condone delay only up to 60 days beyond initial 60 days period. The applications seeking condonation of delay beyond 120 days were dismissed.....