Since land is a scarce resource in a populated country like India, the government has formulated certain provisions, rules and guidelines, to facilitate infrastructure development in areas where the land is privately owned, or … READ FULL STORY
It is conventional wisdom that the Indian state enjoys the power of ‘eminent domain’, which refers to the power of the sovereign to acquire private immovable property for public use, provided the public nature … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on April 2, 2019, asked the centre and the parties that have challenged the validity of various provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, to consensually frame the questions of law to … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on December 10, 2018, issued notices to five states, seeking their responses on a plea challenging the validity of certain amendments made by them, to a central law of 2013 on … READ FULL STORY
Ponds, ambulances, solar street lights and doctors, are some of the demands that villagers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district want met, before they give their nod to the government’s ambitious bullet train project, say officials. … READ FULL STORY
The compensation provide to farmers, whose land will be acquired for the Ahmedabad–Mumbai Bullet Train project, will be ‘much more than what they are expecting’, implementing agency National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited’s (NHSRCL’s), … READ FULL STORY
