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 …
Land Acquisition, Tardy Planning To Blame Jaipur: Jaipurites dreaming of owning a house in the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) proposed schemes may have to wait longer with several projects hitting a roadblock. Land acquisition is plaguing as many as six colonies proposed by the authority. Lack of planning is another …
Haryana should wait until new land acquisition law is framed: Farmers A day after a violent clash between farmers protesting against land acquisition and police personnel left several persons on both sides injured, normalcy was restored at Asalwas village, where the clash occurred, and the surrounding areas, including Bawal town. …
Kisan Mahasangh, a federation of farmers, criticised Union Ministers Jairam Ramesh and Anand Sharma on Monday for openly supporting a “retrograde provision” in the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill, 2011, saying this was an attempt to support the corporate lobby and to continue the role of the government in …
New Delhi Despite the relevant parliamentary standing committee’s unequivocal ‘No’ to government acquiring land for projects involving private money, Jairam Ramesh’s rural development ministry plans to seek the Cabinet’s nod for a proposal to allow such acquisition with caveats: The project should be in “public interest”; 80% of affected families …
Land acquisition proceedings will become illegal if the Government fails to observe the mandatory requirement of issuing public notices to the affected parties, the Supreme Court has held, quashing the Maharashtra Government’s acquisition of a piece of land for a defence unit. A Bench of Justices H. L. Dattu and …
Land acquisition proceedings will become illegal if the government fails to observe the mandatory requirement of issuing public notices to the affected parties, the Supreme Court has held, quashing Maharashtra government’s acquisition of a piece of land for a defence unit. A Bench of justices Mr H.L. Dattu and Mr …
These rules may be called the Rajasthan Urban Areas (Permission for use of Agricultural Land for Non-agricultural Purposes and Allotment) Rules, 2012. They shall extent to the urban areas situated in the State of Rajasthan.
Many projects in the country may be languishing because of land acquisition problems but the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) has over the past three years acquired 70 per cent of the 10,000 hectares it requires to construct exclusive railway lines for goods traffic. The area acquired is more than …
The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 views all social and economic forms of organisation in the country as a homogeneous whole, ignoring the differences within rural areas and in tribal societies. Especially in the latter, not only is the overall perception of resources like land distinct from non-tribal …
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Haryana Government on a petition filed by farmers in Sonepat pleading for a near 10-fold hike in the compensation amount -- from Rs 210 to Rs 2,000 per square yard. Seeking the state government’s response, a Bench comprising Justices BS Chauhan and …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) on Government of Odisha relates to matters arising from Performance Audit of selected programmes and activities and Compliance Audit of Government departments and Autonomous Bodies. The primary purpose of the Report is to bring to the notice of the …
This performance audit report on land allotment by CAG covering the period 2006 to 2011 has identified serious irregularities in land allotments by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains the results of performance audit of ‘Land Allotment’ in Andhra Pradesh …
How much of the benefits of economic growth accrue directly to farmers and workers who lose their livelihoods when agricultural land is taken over for development? If handled properly, the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 offers an opportunity for equitably addressing the interests of diverse sections affected …
The Supreme Court has directed the Bangalore City Cooperative Housing Society Ltd to return the vacant portion of the land it had acquired years ago to its rightful owners, holding that the land acquisition procedure by the state government was “illegal.” A Bench of Justices G S Singhvi and A …
The draft Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on September 7, 2011 is one of the most important legislations waiting for Parliamentary approval. In its present form, the bill is a major improvement over the archaic 1894 land law that has contributed …
New Delhi The government has been on an acquisition spree of agricultural land since the economy opened two decades ago, seriously affecting basic food security and driving the “small farmer” to suicide, the Supreme Court has said. In the “name of planned development or industrial growth” an 1894 law has …
The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the Central and state governments for the misuse of the archaic Land Acquisition Act in the past two decades of the opening of economy to acquire farmers’ land in name of development. The court sought to stop the trend to save precious …
SHILLONG: The State Government will request the Parliamentary Standing Committee to exempt Meghalaya from the purview of the proposed National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011. Announcing the Government’s decision, Revenue Minister Prof RC Laloo said that the State Cabinet has decided to ask the Parliamentary Standing Committee …
During the hearing of the appeal filed by Tata Motors Ltd. against the verdict of the Single Bench of Calcutta High Court that held the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, “Constitutional and valid”, the company submitted before a Division Bench here on Tuesday that the Court “cannot rewrite …
1894 law should immediately make way for fair enactment, says Supreme Court Observing that the 1894 Act has become outdated as it does not provide for rehabilitation of persons displaced from their land, although their livelihood is affected by compulsory acquisition, a Bench of the Supreme Court has called for …
