Joined by vendors and land sellers; court refuses to pass any order Tata Motors and other stakeholders in its Nano project on Wednesday moved the Calcutta High Court challenging a law revoking the lease agreement for land they were allotted in Singur. The stakeholders, including 54 Tata Motors vendors and …
The violence in Bhatta-Parsaul villages is a reminder of smaller clashes in western Uttar Pradesh since 2007 over land acquisition. In August 2010, Tappal block in Aligarh saw similar protests, leading to a clash between farmers and the police. The compensation given to these farmers against land acquired for the …
Two important and related Bills are under consideration of the Government of India. These are the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill,2009 and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill, 2009. The first proposes amendments to the Land Acquisition Act 1894, and the latter a statutory framework for Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) of persons displaced …
Dressed in traditional attire and accompanied by musicians beating drums, a large number of senior Delhi Congress leaders met party president Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence here on Wednesday to thank her for enhancing the compensation payable to farmers on acquisition of their land from Rs.25 lakh per …
This Act may be called the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 2007. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any provision to …
