On 19 September 2019, a two-judge bench held Section 3-J of the National Highways Act, 1956 unconstitutional to the extent it denied solatium and interest available under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — restoring those benefits to landowners whose land was acquired for national highways between 1997 and 2015, and harmonising the highways regime with the 1894 Act and the 2013 Act.