Affidavit filed by Chhattisgarh East West Railway Limited in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2025. The appeal was disposed of by the NGT, April 29, 2019. However, the order was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The SC, November 26, 2024 disposed of …
Farmers in the villages hoisted black flags protesting against the move of the government to acquire fertile lands for the execution of the Salem – Chennai green corridor eight-lane expressway on Tuesday. The call for the agitation was given by the Confederation Opposed to the Green Corridor Project, which included …
This study is an attempt to understand the lived experience of people affected by land use change and related conflicts. Equally, if not more importantly, this research seeks to analyse what affected people do when such conflicts arise. What are the strategies they adopt and what kinds of remedies do …
The Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV Power Projects have been notified under the provisions of Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 vide resolution No. 23/27/2017-R&R; published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) (Part I—Section 1) on 3rd August, …
BENGALURU: Solar energy developers have protested to the ministry of new and renewable energy against the Karnataka government for delaying clearance of land acquisition and using that as a reason to deny them payments for power supplied. The developers are not being paid because they haven’t received clear titles to …
The lawyer appearing for MMRC told court last week that “notice was issued to the petitioners in May 2017, thereafter, the tenements were demolished and alternate accommodation is also provided to them.” FIVE members of the Kokna tribal community have moved the Bombay High Court to oppose their rehabilitation from …
Farmers’ outfit threatens stir, says won’t allow possession of land The Revenue Department of the Gujarat government has issued primary notifications for acquiring land in 165 cases in the state under section 11 of the latest amended land acquisition law for the ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. With the issuance …
Pune: Land acquisition for highways is likely to gather steam with the state cabinet amending section 19 of the Maharashtra State Highways Land Acquisition Act 1894 earlier this week. According to PWD officials, the move will help farmers, who have surrendered their land for the road widening project, to get …
MUMBAI: "The bullet train is not meant for adivasis. We will not get to ride it. Why should we give our land to it?" asks Madhu Dhodi from Sakhari village in Dahanu. "We don't have decent roads or electricity. Instead of doing something for us, the government wants to take …
The Tanzanian government is putting foreign safari companies ahead of Maasai herding communities as environmental tensions grow on the fringes of the Serengeti national park, according to a new investigation. Hundreds of homes have been burned and tens of thousands of people driven from ancestral land in Loliondo in the …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bilquis Vs The State of Maharashtra & Others dated 11/05/2018 regarding the judgement dated 02.09.2014 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench. The High Court had reduced the compensation to Rs.50,000/- per hectare for irrigated …
Upset by loss of livelihoods, unfulfilled promises The 1.5 kilometres from Sagar Naka to Paar Naka in Dahanu was a river of red on Thursday. More than 50,000 farmers from over 60 villages in the Thane-Palghar district in red caps and sari, waving red flags, protested against the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet …
Parties in a long-standing land lease case in Mpeketoni were yesterday shocked to find out that the ruling that was set to be delivered at the Environment and Lands court in Malindi had been postponed to an unknown date. Cordisons International limited and Kenwind limited have been fighting over the …
NEW DELHI: The environment ministry has firmed up guidelines that will require every corporate seeking green clearance to set aside up to 2% of its capital investment for Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER). The guidelines make it mandatory for companies to set aside funds for CER over and above what is …
Losing the Serengeti: The Maasai Land that was to Run Forever is based on field research, and an in-depth investigation into Tanzania’s land laws. This report is the first to reveal the complicity between Tanzanian government officials and foreign companies as they use conservation laws to dispossess the Maasai, driving …
The government’s recent move to allow commercial mining of coal, and notification of the methodology for auctions sets the stage for a change in India’s coal supply paradigm. But that’s easier said than done with there being a raft of structural issues that need sorting out. The government’s recent move …
The government’s decision comes amid the problems it is facing in acquiring land for the high-profile Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train and the ongoing farmers’ protest in Bhavnagar district against a state power utility’s bid to possess the land it had acquired around 20 years ago. To fast track land acquisition and …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Shiv Singh & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 25/04/2018 regarding land acquisition proceedings initiated by the state of Himachal Pradesh for acquisition of the appellants land under the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation …
Residents of communities that would be affected by the construction of a bridge to link central Monrovia with Bali Island are proposing an early relocation package before the start of the project. Report by Edwin G. Genoway, edwin.genoway@frontpageafricaonline.com The residents claim government’s early planning of a relocation strategy will ensure …
The High Court has ordered the National Lands Commission to pay six petitioners Sh3.4 million. Their land was acquired for the construction of Ndakaini Dam in 1989 by the then commissioner of lands. Justice George Odunga ordered NLC to pay the money by itself or through the Nairobi City Water …
Bijnor: It has been 37 years since land of farmers at Raipur Berisaal village, located on the border of Najibabad and Bijnor tehsils in the district, was acquired by the government for construction of a 1 km road. But with officials of the two divisions passing the buck, these farmers …
