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Defiant farmers file more writ petitions, want land back by Ayaskant Das

Though Greater Noida Authority claims to have reached an 'out-of-court settlement' with Patwari villagers, over a dozen writ petitions have been filed in Allahabad High Court rejecting the same 'pact'. Farmers have rejected the deal and have appealed to the court that they be given their land back. "I have filed writ petitions on behalf of around 20 villagers from Patwari who have rejected the settlement and have claimed their land...

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Day-to-day hearing of Noida land cases starts Sept 12

-Express News Service   A three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court, especially constituted to hear land acquisition cases pertaining to Noida and Greater Noida, on Monday said it will hear the matter on a day-to-day basis from September 12, the next date of hearing. The court has asked the state government to file its counter-affidavit with respect to the petitions in the meantime. The court also said that cases pertaining to acquisition...

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Hazare's protest reminds 1974-75 mass agitation by CP Bhambhri

Anna Hazare's agitation in defence of his version of the Lokpal Bill seems to have revived public memories of the 1974-75 Jayaprakash Narayan-led anti-corruption mass agitation, especially among the new generation of technology-driven middle class youth in metropolitan towns of India. But can Anna Hazare's anti-corruption crusade become a benchmark comparable with the historical mass mobilisation movements launched by Gandhi from 1920 to 1947 or the one popularly known as the...

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Team cites Emergency

-The Telegraph   Anna Hazare’s team today demanded that Parliament enact the group’s version of the Lokpal bill by the end of this month, claiming an Emergency-era precedent when both Houses passed an amendment within a very short time. Senior advocate Shanti Bhushan said the government should withdraw the bill it had introduced in the Lok Sabha and table the Jan Lokpal bill when Parliament meets on Tuesday. Monday is a holiday. Bhushan, law...

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NRHM scheme: HC seeks reply from UP govt

-The Times of India   The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday asked the state government that if 'all was well' in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme, why there has been so much of hue and cry. The state, earlier, had denied any NRHM scam and then concededCBI probe in case, the CAG was able to establish, prima facie, swindling of funds. The bench of Justice Pradeep Kant...

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