Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 22-07-2026

Case Overview

  • Parties: Delhi State Industrial Infrastructural Development Corporation Ltd (Petitioner) vs. Tara Chand & Ors. (Respondents).
  • The petitioner sought permission to withdraw the Special Leave Petition (SLP); the Court dismissed the SLP as withdrawn.
  • The Court noted that a large batch of pending matters—Civil Appeals, SLPs, Contempt Petitions, Miscellaneous Applications, Review and Curative Petitions—relate to land acquisition in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
  • These matters arise under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Section 24). The Court referenced three earlier judgments: State (NCT of Delhi) v. K.L. Rathi Steels Ltd. (2024) 7 SCC 315, State (NCT of Delhi) v. BSK Realtors LLP (2024) 7 SCC 370, and DDA v. Tejpal (2024) 7 SCC 433, all dated 17‑May‑2024.
  • The Court directed that all these pending cases be remitted to the Delhi High Court, with a request to the Chief Justice of the High Court to constitute a dedicated Division Bench to hear them on a day‑to‑day basis, applying the law laid down in the three cited judgments.
  • Recognising that some cases may not involve interpretation of Section 24 of the 2013 Act or the interplay between the 1894 and 2013 Acts, the Court instructed counsel to identify such “alien” cases.
  • Counsel must submit a list of alien cases, with brief reasons, to Mr. Sanjay Poddar (Senior Counsel for DDA) by 03‑Aug‑2026. A revised list, incorporating any accepted objections, must be filed with the Court by 05‑Aug‑2026.
  • Mr. Sanjay Poddar will circulate a compilation of the pending cases, assisted by Ms. Malvika Kapila (Mobile +919810400283) and Mr. Nitin Mishra (Mobile +919810070377). He will also inform parties of the order to enable further objections.
  • Cases that fall within the scope of the three Supreme Court judgments will be deemed disposed of and remitted to the High Court through a detailed signed order of the same date. Remaining matters will be listed later, subject to directions from the Chief Justice of India on the administrative side.

Final Outcome

  • The Special Leave Petition filed by DSIIDC is dismissed as withdrawn.
  • All pending land‑acquisition matters in the batch are ordered to be remitted to the Delhi High Court for adjudication by a dedicated Division Bench, with procedural timelines set for identifying and excluding cases not covered by the referenced judgments.

Topics: Land Acquisition, Supreme Court Order