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 …
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 …
Uttar Pradesh's land acquisition has set farmers on the warpath. Projects like Yamuna Expressway will engulf thousands of villages. Down to Earth probes discontent among farmers & examines amendments to Land Acquisition Act & resettlement bill awaiting Centre’s nod. Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private …
KOLKATA, 14 JUNE: With the passing of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011 allowing vesting and transferring land from Tata Motors and the ancillary units, the state government is now weighing its options on how to return the land to the unwilling farmers. Usually when the government distributes …
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 …
The Mamata Banerjee government is working on an amendment to the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 to enable the return of 400 acres in Singur to farmers who were
Having had to face a series of farmers' protests and flak from Opposition parties over acquisition of land for development and expressway projects in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday announced that all future land transactions would be clinched directly between the farmers and the private developers by adopting …
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 …
Two important and related Bills are under consideration of the Government of India. These are the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2009 & 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 …
Govt plans to bring it in monsoon session, says RLD chief Ajit Singh after meeting Prime Minister The UPA Government plans to bring a Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in the coming monsoon session of Parliament, said a confident RLD chief Ajit Singh after meeting Prime Minister …
PANJIM, Goa State Law Commission has recommended that district collectors should be empowered to decide compensation to be paid to land holders in case their holdings are acquired by State government. The Commission
This study provides an overview of the national-level controversy surrounding SEZs, before turning to a detailed account of the acquisition process and impacts of one SEZ in Polepally, Andhra Pradesh. Based on an extensive field survey, this case study reveals how evictions were not based on informed consent, but forced; …
Recent experience shows protests by stronger communities to acquisitions succeed, whereas those by vulnerable communities who are more badly placed do not. Acquisition of land is often not made for bona fide purposes but initiated at the instance of industrialists, businessmen and builders who persuade governments to acquire land for …
As a welfare state, the Government of Haryana recognises that acquisition of land under the statute and the alienation of landowners from their source of livelihood could be a painful process, notwithstanding the payment of compensation for the same as per law. Therefore, it intends to minimise this pain of …
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee What was the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 written for? It is the most handy tool for a district administration to obtain land for any project it wishes to execute. Of the 55 sections of the Act, section 4 allows the district administrator to declare a piece of land …
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Rajasthan has amended its 37-year-old land ceiling Act to facilitate the direct purchase of agricultural land by investors. Section 17 of the Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act 1973, has been amended adding a sub-section taking away the ceiling that existed on buying agricultural land …
Goa government in its submission to the High Court has rejected the contention of people affected by Mopa airport project that land for the Greenfield airport project should be acquired by Central government and not by the State. Advocate General Subhod Kantak told the court today that the state government …
