Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Shivaji Chatterjee Vs Himadri Chemical & Others dated 16/01/2018 regarding pollution caused by Himadri Chemicals, Singur, West Bengal. The Applicant Shivaji Chatterjee prays for an interim direction for inspection of the unit by a Committee which …
KOLKATA, 7 FEB: Although Tata Motors Limited (TML) and the vendors are similarly placed, the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act discriminates between the two, counsel of the vendors at TML's Singur site, Mr SK Kapur, submitted before the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti …
KOLKATA, 31 JAN: De-acquisition of land is the real substance of Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act and acquisition of land is not at all its primary purpose, the counsel of the vendors at Singur, Mr SK Kapur submitted before the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr …
KOLKATA, 30 JAN: The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act is a classic case of overkill wherein to return 40 acres of land to unwilling farmers nearly 1,000 acres of land have been acquired, counsel of the vendors at Singur, Mr S K Kapur, submitted before the Division Bench of …
The state government's victory in the Singur case will affect the integrity of the nation as it will pave the way for other states to act according to their desire, submitted Mr SK Kapur, counsel of the vendors at Tata Motors Limited's (TML) Singur small car factory site. Mr Kapur …
Even as reports of farmers reeling under the impact of heavy debts committing suicide come pouring in from different parts of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee denied here on Thursday that agrarian distress was the cause of the farmers taking their lives. “Twelve persons have died. I have got …
KOLKATA, 10 JAN: False representations have been made in the statement of object and reasons of the Singur Land Rehabilitation Development Act to justify it, Tata Motors Limited (TML) counsel Samaraditya Pal submitted before the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pianki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti Choudhuri of Calcutta High …
Nandigram: Five years after a movement that catapulted it into spotlight at the national level and spelt the beginning of the end of the 34-year Left rule, Nandigram is still counting the losses of the bloody anti-land acquisition movement. Development is at a standstill and many of those who had …
Sanand on itinerary, Trinamul smells Left trick and cancels trip Calcutta, Jan. 2: The Assembly standing committee on industry’s trip to Gujarat was cancelled today as it dawned on Trinamul hours before the journey that the itinerary included a visit to Tata Motors’ Nano plant in Sanand. Party sources said …
The Maharashtra government is set to oppose the Centre’s Land Acquisition Bill, which will remove the state’s role in acquiring land for industrial purposes. Should the proposed central act come in, industrial houses will have to negotiate directly with the farmers and the owners of the land that they intend …
The court should strike down the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act as it has violated the constitutional provision by not fixing the amount of compensation, Tata Motors Limited (TML) counsel, Mr Samaraditya Pal, submitted before the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti Choudhuri of …
KOLKATA, 17 NOV: The legislature had enacted the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act and it is up to the court to judge whether it is legal or not, but it is not the job of the court to “iron out the creases of the Act”, Tata Motors Limited submitted …
Tata Motors Limited today brought up the issue of "vagueness and uncertainty" on the question of compensation in the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act highlighted by the single judge Bench of Calcutta High Court that had nevertheless found the Act valid, in hearings before a Division Bench of the …
KOLKATA, 9 NOV: Tata Motors Limited (TML) today reiterated before a Division Bench of Calcutta High Court that it had never said that it has decided to move out of Singur; rather it had stated to the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) that it would consider moving out if …
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 …
KOLKATA, 8 NOV: The Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinal Kanti Chakraborty of Calcutta High Court today ordered a stay on the redistribution of land of vendors near the Tata Motors Limited project site at Singur till the disposal of the appeal challenging the legality …
Accuses the West Bengal government of not taking action against companies for delayed projects. Tata Motors has questioned the West Bengal government’s inaction on several industrial projects behind schedule while accusing it of discrimination over the Singur land. The appeal against the order in the Singur case has mentioned a …
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted extension of the stay order by a Single Bench on distribution of land at the site of the now-relocated Nano project at Singur till disposal of the appeal petition by Tata Motors challenging the verdict of the Bench validating the Singur Land Rehabilitation …
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday extended the stay order on the distribution of land at Singur till the disposal of the appeal petition by Tata Motors. The Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Mr Justice Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri observed that the interim …
Singur farmers The Calcutta High Court today granted continuation of the stay of the trial court order validating the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act which has been challenged by the Tatas. A division bench of justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri passed the order granting continuation of …
Calcutta, Nov. 2: The state counsels assured Tata Motors today that the government “would not distribute plots overnight” after the hearing of the Singur case got deferred by a day because of a technical problem. The stay on the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, ends on Wednesday midnight. …
