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 foundation stone-laying ceremony for the Jewar airport, is likely to be held between February 23 and 25, 2019,” Sharma, the MP from Gautam Buddh Nagar, Mahesh Sharma announced, on January 30, 2019. The … 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
A proposal, for acquisition of 1,334 hectares of land in Jewar for an international airport, has been sent to the Uttar Pradesh government by the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration, officials said, on October 17, … READ FULL STORY
A division bench of the Madras High Court, comprising justices TS Sivagnanam and V Bhavani Subbaroyan, on August 21, 2018, passed an interim order on a batch of petitions opposing the Rs 10,000-crore, proposed … READ FULL STORY
A petition seeking to declare as null and void, the entire land acquisition proceedings initiated for the proposed greenfield Chennai-Salem highway project, was filed in the Madras High Court. The plea, filed on June … READ FULL STORY
A spokesperson for the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHRCL), which is implementing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, on May 3, 2018, assured that due care had been taken to cause the least inconvenience … READ FULL STORY
In a letter to prime minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Ahmed Patel, on May 2, 2018, said farmers’ representatives had complained that rules and procedures under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in … READ FULL STORY
