Supreme Court of India
Pune Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki & Ors.
[Civil Appeal No. 877 of 2014],
24th January, 2014
In a land acquisition matter, it was held that deposit of the amount of compensation in the government treasury cannot be said to be equivalent to the amount of compensation paid to the landowners/persons interested .Therefore land acquisition proceedings are held to have lapsed.