Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Section 17

Land Acquisition Act, 1894—Section 17—Invoking of urgency provisions—Held, the invoking of the urgency provisions can be justified only if there exists real emergency which cannot brook delay of even few weeks or months—In other words, the urgency provisions can be invoked only if even small delay of few weeks or months may frustrate the public purpose for which the land is sought to be acquired.

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