-The Telegraph   The Bengal government has decided to start returning Singur land from tomorrow, the day the Supreme Court will begin hearing a Tata Motors plea for a stay on the process. About 3.8 acres from the former Nano site’s southeastern part were identified today for distribution among 12 farmers from Gopalnagar, setting off celebrations. Initially, the administration announced the plots would be handed over this evening but later put it off by...

-The Economic Times   West Bengal government on Monday filed a caveat in Supreme Court so that no petition by Tata Motors Ltd (TML) over the Singur land issue is heard on ex-parte basis. The move was made subsequent to TML counsel Samaraditya Pal's efforts to (a) first get an exparte ad-interim stay on Land Distribution at Singur which was turned down by Justice Soumitra Pal (b) then appeal to a...

-The Telegraph   Tata Motors refused stay by Calcutta High Court, government takes Delhi precaution Tata Motors said tonight the company would move the Supreme Court after failing to obtain a stay order against Land Distribution in Singur from Calcutta High Court after two attempts. “As per the country’s legal procedures, the company will agitate the matter before the Supreme Court,” it said. The statement came at the end of a day during which...

-PTI   The West Bengal government today submitted before the Calcutta high court that it was not against the Tatas but in favour of farmers and employment generation. Contesting the Tata Motors Ltd prayer that the Singur Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 be declared unconstitutional, senior counsel for the government Saktinath Mukherjee submitted before Justice Saumitra Pal that the government was answerable to the people as 1000 acres of fertile land was...

-The Times of India   The Tatas moved Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the Calcutta high court refusing to stay distribution of land to owners at Singur. The apex court will hear the petition on Wednesday. The Calcutta high court had on Monday refused to pass an interim stay on the Tata Motors Limited plea expressing fears that the state government would start distributing their land in Singur to the farmers. ...