There was high drama on Tuesday evening when it was announced that 12 “unwilling farmers” will receive the titles to land within the Tata Motors small car factory site at Singur by late evening as a start to the process of returning land in the area. The Hooghly district administration, however, asserted that no such move would be initiated on the day. The clarification from the district authorities came shortly after...
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Relief for Tatas, SC tells Mamata not to return Singur land to farmers by Dhananjay Mahapatra
Providing temporary relief to Tata Motors, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the return of Singur land to the farmers by the West Bengal government. The apex court, in its interim order, said the state government will hold the land and maintain status quo till further orders from Calcutta high court. The SC directed the parties to argue the merits of the case before the high court. Tata Motors had filed two special...
More »Land return in all but deed
-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...
More »West Bengal government files caveat in SC over Singur land law
-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...
More »Rush to fill Singur forms
-The Telegraph The process of submission of forms to get back land in Singur continued today with the administration receiving 575 more applications from “unwilling” farmers. A total of 886 forms have been submitted to the block development office till 7.30pm today. “Yesterday, 311 farmers had submitted their forms. Today, 575 more applications were received,” said Pulak Sarkar, the Singur block development officer. The last date for submission of forms is...
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