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 …
This innovative and important study contributes to a deeper understanding of several important questions. It is a contribution to an understanding of how disputes over land are actually adjudicated in the Supreme Court. What issues are being litigated? What issues are at stake? Are there any discernible patterns in the …
The State Cabinet on Thursday decided to constitute an advisory committee to examine and make appropriate recommendation to the State government on proposals seeking denotification of lands under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act. The Cabinet meeting, which was chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, decided to set up the committee under …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Ch. Narasimha Rao & Others Vs Land Acquisition Officer, Eluru & Others dated 09/12/2015 on whether Reference Applications filed by the appellants under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), was beyond …
Judgement of the Delhi High Court in the mater of Government of NCT of Delhi Vs Poonam Gupta dated 08/12/2015 regarding allotment of alternative plots under the Scheme of Large Scale Acquisition, Development and Disposal of Land in Delhi, 1961. The Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs formulated a …
Order of the Gujarat High Court in the matter of Sagar Jembhai Dalubhai Vs Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. & Others dated 06/10/2015 regarding apportionment of compensation as provided under section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
In a flip-flop,Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday said it opposes the contentious land bill of BJP-led central government and backs the UPA law, barely a month after it had in a letter to Rural Development Ministry found fault with the 2013 Act and suggested that it be “revisited”. …
This paper captures the policy processes leading to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Ordinance, 2014. It maps the role and the influence of the three primary stakeholders - Government, industry and landowners - at various stages of the evolution of the …
Tacitly admitting that there’s no likelihood of the Rajya Sabha approving the Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, in the immediate future, the NDA government is prodding states, especially those ruled by political dispensations friendly to it, to implement the key proposals in the Bill. After Wednesdays’ meeting …
Plea against Reliance in SEZ land deal: Stating our confidence has ‘shaken’, HC bench recuses. “We can’t take up the case... whatever has happened in the last two-three days has shaken our confidence,” said Justice V M Sahai, acting Chief Justice. The division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) …
Farmer groups want ‘right to appeal’ against acquired land. Several farmers’ organisations have petitioned the government to incorporate in the land bill the provisions of Land Acquisition Act of 1894, which enable a landowner to appeal against a proposal to acquire his land. Section 4 of the 1894 Act allowed …
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister for Rural Development, on May 11, 2015. The Bill amends the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, …
Farmers under the banner of Kissan Movement marched to DC office and held a massive protest demonstration by blocking college road for half an hour in front of DC office here and submitted memorandum declaring their opposition to the Modi Government’s proposed Land Acquisition Bill. The protest was led by …
A group of farmers from Gurgaon, Mewat Pataudi and Manesar joined Anna Hazare at Jantar Mantar today. They demanded the withdrawal of amendments to the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. “We have been protesting for last two years. We had hoped for a change with the new realm, …
Owners of 363 acres prime land in Pataudi are unhappy as the Manohar Lal Khattar government has gone ahead with the Bhupinder Singh Hooda regime's move to acquire their land under Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Around 300 land owners were sent notices under Section 4 of the law expressing the …
On December 31, 2014, the Government promulgated the ordinance to amend some provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (Amendment) Act, 2013. What was the need to amend the 2013 law and what is the effect of these amendments? It has been …
For PPP projects, clause on consent requirement could be abolished or brought down to 50% of land owners, against the current 70% To make the land acquisition Act of 2013 industry-friendly, the government is likely to take the ordinance route for amending the provisions on land owners' consent. The main …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter Prafulla C. Dave & Others Vs Municipal Commissioner & Others dated 03/12/2014 regarding the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act). In the present case the land belonging to the appellants measure about 83 Ares and is situated …
Need for consent of affected families and social-impact assessment could go The National Democratic Alliance government is planning to exempt public-private partnership (PPP) projects from the need to obtain consent of affected families and the mandatory social-impact assessment, through amendments to the land acquisition law. In the Bill put up …
Special session called to clear state Bill with sweeping powers for govt; National Judicial Appointments Commission Act also on agenda A special session of the Rajasthan legislative Assembly has been called on Monday to pass the new Rajasthan Land Acquisition Bill and to endorse the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act. …
In probably the first application of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, Re-settlement Act, 2013, enacted by the Congress-led UPA-II Government, the Gujarat High Court has held acquisition of 16,064 square metre land at Jahangirpura in Surat by the state-owned Gujarat Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited …
