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 …
The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 seeks to discriminate between willing and unwilling farmers and is, hence, inconsistent with the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. It also seeks to benefit a “politically activated” group, the Tatas' counsel, Mr Samaraditya Pal, argued before the Calcutta High Court on Monday. “The …
The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 seeks to discriminate between willing and unwilling farmers and is, hence, inconsistent with the Central Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Tatas’ counsel, Mr Samaraditya Pal, argued before the Calcutta High Court on Monday. “There is no such concept of willing and unwilling farmers …
Tata Motors counsel, Mr Samadaitya Pal, on Friday, argued that the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 was “bad in law”. Arguing that the State Act was not in conformity with the Central Land Acquisition Act, Mr Pal maintained that the State Act was silent on issues of compensation. …
An expert committee set up by the West Bengal government to draft the state’s land use policy has submitted its recommendations to chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The draft suggests, among others, that land for industry be bought directly from owners. It also does not approve of special economic zones (SEZs) …
Jairam Ramesh, the minister in charge of rural development, has turned his attention to the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill almost immediately after taking charge of his new portfolio. Perhaps the alacrity with which Ramesh has focussed on the land Bill reflects the importance that the acquisition of agricultural land for …
Mamata Banerjee with farmers after the Singur Bill was passed in the State Assembly in Kolkata on June 14. WITH the passage of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee got one step closer to keeping the promise made to the people of …
Trinamool Congress doesn't think much of the apex court's order to redistribute the Singur land acquired for the Tata Nano project to farmers. Trinamool Congress MP and lawyer Kalyan Banerjee, who represented the state Government in the Supreme Court, says, "The Tatas moved three special leave petitions, but the court …
Tata Motors Ltd. filed before the Calcutta High Court on Monday an amendment to its writ petition filed on June 22 challenging the constitutional validity of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011. The amendment places on record facts and developments which could not be incorporated in the petition …
A large number of farmers who had taken compensation for their land that was handed over to Tata Motors for the Singur small car project, are in the official list of
The Hooghly district authorities today put up a notice outside the Singur BDO office displaying names of 1,705 farmers who are eligible to get back their land under the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011. After the modalities to return land at Singur started, more than four thousand forms …
Singur, July 3: Members of the committee set up to facilitate the return of land in Singur today said plots would not be given back from the 27 acres in Singherbheri mouza, near the Durgapur Expressway. A committee member said the 27 acres formed the front portion of the abandoned …
New Delhi: Tata Motors scored a legal point over Trinamool Congress on Wednesday when the Supreme Court stopped the Mamata Banerjee government from proceeding with its political agenda to return farmers the land at Singur, which was allotted for the Nano small car project in 2007. Avacation bench of Justices …
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed victory in the Supreme Court directive stopping the government from handing back land to farmers who did not accept compensation from the previous regime.
Apex court asks Calcutta HC to decide on legality of SLRD Act within one month The Supreme Court on Wednesday halted Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government
Farmers at Singur are gearing up for hard labour this summer. Preparations are in full swing for transplanting paddy saplings into the fields, as a timely monsoon indicates a good crop. Howeve, along with the seedbeds, they are laying ground for another battle, defying all legal statutes. The area in …
Asks HC to expedite the hearing and give its order within a month. The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government not to return the land acquired for Tata Motors in Singur to farmers till the Calcutta High Court decided the issue. The high court, which is now …
