P&H: Land Acquisition - Condones 3426 days (about 9-Year) Delay; Grants Landowners Enhanced Compensation On Par With Earlier Batch, But No Interest For Delay Period

Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5, Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 54  — Condonation of delay — Delay in filing review petition is neither deliberate nor lacking in bona fides - Non-condonation of delay would result in an anomalus situation, where landowners from same acquisition would receive disparate compensation for identical lands - Enhanced compensation in terms of earlier judgment along with statutory benefits except interest for delayed period allowed. (Paras 18 and 20)