Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Jindal, Aditya Aluminium, Vedanta among firms benefiting from arbitrary use of emergency provisions, according to CAG report The Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) has rapped arbitrary use of emergency provisions under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, to acquire 7,025 acres of private land in Odisha for 20 companies …
The verdict, says Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, provides a needed clarity on a contentious area In an interpretation of a much-debated clause in last year’s landmark overhaul of the national land acquisition law, the Supreme Court recently ordered return of title of a land lot to its original …
The government has decided to constitute two committees to frame as well as scrutinize the rules relating to the new Land Acquisition Act, 2013 of the Centre. Chief minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday that a state level monitoring committee and expert committee will be constituted to frame the …
The government has decided to constitute two committees to frame as well as scrutinize the rules relating to the new Land Acquisition Act, 2013 of the Centre. Chief minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday that a state level monitoring committee and expert committee will be constituted to frame the …
In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has held that if compensation for land acquired under the 1894 act has not been paid to the land owner or deposited with a competent court and retained in the treasury, then the acquisition would be deemed to have lapsed and would be …
The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Greater Noida Authority to provide additional compensation and developed area to landholders of a village in Greater Noida, whose lands were being developed by private builders after acquisition. The petitioners had sought quashing of the acquisition on account of wrong usage of …
The process for acquisition of over 2,000 acres in different parts of Gurgaon for roads, public utilities and residential sectors initiated with separate notifications in December last has hit rough weather with farmers and landowners questioning the intention of the Haryana Government in issuing notices just a day before the …
The Haryana government's acquisition of 700 acres of land in various parts of Gurgaon last December has hit a stumbling block as villagers who had agreed to part with their plots are now reluctant to do so if they aren't compensated under the new land acquisition law. The villagers claim …
Villagers objecting to the acquisition of 700 acres of land in Gurgaon by the state government last December were on Thursday assured that they would be compensated according to provisions of the new Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013. The new law came into force on January 1, 2014. …
The Ministry of Rural Development finds itself in a bit of a spot after the Haryana government issued a notice for land acquisition recently, notifying acquisition under the old Land Acquisition Act of 1894. The notice came to the ministry’s attention when it was issued and published in newspapers on …
The new act sets compensation limits and resettlement of affected families India’s new land acquisition Act came into force on Wednesday, mandating compensation limits and the resettlement and rehabilitation of affected families, a critical reform aimed at making the process fairer and more transparent. However, the amendment of 13 different …
With the new Land Act coming in force from Wednesday, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh sought to alley apprehensions of the industry in purchase of land. The minister said that there is no bar whatsoever on purchase of private land. The new law on land has replaced the earlier …
New Delhi : Following parliament approval in September last year, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, came into force on Wednesday, replacing more than a century-old Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Henceforth, states would able to frame laws in conformity with new …
New Delhi: The new Land Acquisition Act, enacted by Parliament in September to provide just and fair compensation to those whose land is taken away for constructing roads, buildings or factories, will come into force from Wednesday, replacing 120-year-old legislation. The Act, meant to bring transparency to the land acquisition …
These rules may be called the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014. They extend to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. They shall come into force on the date of their final …
Gazette Notification for Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 - Act shall come into force from 1st January, 2014. See also Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/right-fair-compensation-and-transparency-land-acquisition-rehabilitation-and-0
The UPA government’s ambitious Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act was notified on Tuesday, and will come into effect from January 1 next year. The rules to the Act, however, are yet to finalised. The Act, which replaces the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, …
In a twist to the proposed Calangute garbage treatment plant issue, residents of Saligao, under the banner of 'Saligao garbage struggle' (SGS), on Monday said that unless the government fulfils their five demands, they will shortly file a contempt petition in the high court, asking the government to implement the …
The Supreme Court has quashed the Haryana government’s 1989 declaration for acquisition of 13 kanals of land in Panipat for HUDA as the order had been issued without waiting for the Collector’s report on the landowners’ objections and ignoring the fact that there were buildings on the land. A Bench …
The Draft Rules for the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, are now being put in the public domain. These rules may be called the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Rules 2013. See also: The …
