No, Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 has no applicability on the acquisition proceedings under the NH Act of 1956.
In this respect, the High Court of Rajasthan, Jodhpur Bench, in case titled Gopa Ram V. Union of India & Ors. 2018 SCC OnLine Raj 77, held that as per Sub-section (3) of Section 105 of the Acquisition Act of 2013 (as amended), the provision relating to the First Schedule, Second Schedule and Third Schedule have only been applied to the NH Act of 1956. Therefore, Section 24 of the Acquisition Act of 2013 is not made applicable to the acquisitions made under the NH Act of 1956.