Order of the High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of Deepak Acharya Vs Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited dated 05/03/2025. The Rajasthan High Court has admitted a petition challenging installation of a Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) petrol pump near a crematorium and high-tension line. The NOCs to establish the …
This paper reports results of a household survey in 12 Singur villages, six in which lands were acquired for the Tata car factory, and six neighbouring villages, with random sampling of households within each village. The results show that (a) the size of plots acquired were non-negligible; (b) the majority …
Fifteen years after Tata Motors first mooted the idea with its micro car ‘Zing’ at the Delhi Auto Show, quadricycles are set to become a reality for the domestic automobile industry. The government on Wednesday allowed these four-wheeled vehicles to ply within city limits as modes of public transport. But, …
Honda may soon follow erstwhile JV partner Hero MotoCorp into Gujarat, with plans to set up its fourth two-wheeler plant in the state, sources told FE. The Japanese company is believed to have scouted for land near Sanand, where both Tata Motors and Ford have set up their manufacturing units. …
Tata Motors is likely to renew the lease agreement for the land at Singur as it awaits a final verdict from the Supreme Court on the Singur Act case. Confirming the development, a Tata Motors spokesperson said, “We will renew the Singur land lease and continue to pay the prevailing …
CM Mamata Banerjee's emphasis on rigid land policy has pleased farming community, not industry After a historical victory on the plank of Maa-Maati-Manush (mother-land-people), the Trinamool Congress government grappled with major economic issues during the year, which experts say, would warrant dramatic reversal of policies on issues such as land …
In case, the present Act is struck down by the Supreme Court, says a senior Cabinet member The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal is considering the possibility of framing a new law to return land to unwilling farmers in Singur, if the present Act is struck down by the …
Tata Motors would halt production at its block here for three days from today, following poor demand. Confirming the development, a Tata Motors spokesperson said the block closure had been planned keeping in mind the weak demand of commercial vehicles. “We do not want inventory pile-up at the dealers’ end …
‘The moment case is resolved in SC, it will be returned to farmers’ Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the land at the disputed site at Singur belonged to the West Bengal government and not to the Tatas, which unsuccessfully sought to set up a small car factory there. …
Tata Motors, on Monday, launched six heavy trucks through its commercial vehicles business unit (CVBU), and also its intelligent vehicle and driver management solution — Tata FleetMan Telematics Services. A statement from the company said all six trucks had been designed and built specifically to offer the lowest TCO (total …
DOWNPLAY FEARS Maruti Suzuki, M&M; and GM India say diesel hike may defer demand slightly, but sales to be better than last year A . 5 increase in diesel prices may have provided another telling blow on an already slowing down Indian passenger vehicle space, but industry players are still …
Sticking to her stand of not acquiring land forcibly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she would prefer death than agree to it. "I am against acquisition of land forcibly. We will not acquire land by pointing guns at farmers. I will prefer death than acquire land …
KOLKATA, 31 AUG: Outgoing chairman of Tata Sons Mr Ratan Tata today said there was still a possibility of locating a Tata Motors factory somewhere in West Bengal, but it could can be done only when “there is friendliness at the political level”. He was responding to the shareholders' questions …
The Supreme Court today sought response of Tata Motors on a special leave petition filed by the West Bengal government challenging the quashing of the Singur Land Acquisition Act by the state high court. A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad, however, said that the Calcutta …
Four years after Tata Motors relocated its Nano plant from Singur to Sanand, the “sweet deal” it was reportedly offered by the Gujarat government is turning out to be sour, with the first instalment of the promised soft loan of over Rs 2,000 crore yet to be disbursed to the …
An examination of the landholdings of those farmers who were unwilling to sell their holdings to facilitate the Tata car factory in Singur suggests that only a very small number among them had substantial holdings and livelihoods tied to them. What then was the real reason for the protests in …
The West Bengal Government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the June 22 order of the Calcutta High Court striking down the law intended to reclaim Singur land leased out to the Tatas and to give a part of it back to farmers who were yet to receive compensation for …
In one of the first signs of an industrial strife, street protests have begun in the key industrial estate of Haridwar in Uttarakhand which has been plagued by heavy power cuts in the past few days. After the two-days blackout as a result of grid collapse on July 30-31, the …
The West Bengal Government has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging the verdict of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court which declared the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, “unconstitutional”. “We have filed an SLP in the Supreme Court challenging the verdict …
Car sales in India witnessed moderate growth during July with major manufacturers like Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors reporting rise in their monthly numbers amid a difficult market condition. Other car makers, including General Motors, Ford and Honda Siel, saw decline in their sales during last month. Two-wheeler makers …
Calcutta, July 15: Tata Motors has ascribed a “carrying value” to the Singur car wreck on its books: Rs 309.88 crore. “This is the carrying value of buildings and sheds as per the books of accounts as on March 31, 2012,” the Tata Motors spokesperson said. The disclosure was made …
