-The Hindu Opposition to amendments in the Land Acquisition Act that were brought through an Ordinance by the Modi government recently is growing. Political parties, farmers' organisations affiliated to political parties as well as civil society movements across the country have expressed their reservation to it. On Wednesday, the Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal staged protests against the Ordinance: across Uttar Pradesh, party activists raised slogans against the BJP-led NDA government, at...
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What are Ordinances? -B Sundaresan
-The Hindustan Times The government has chosen the Ordinance route to put into force several legislative Bills over the past months. Many of these are expected to be tabled in Parliament in the upcoming budget session. HT explains four of them. What is an Ordinance? As per Article 123 of the Constitution, when Parliament is not in session, the President has the power to promulgate an Ordinance - which has the same force...
More »Land acquisition Ordinance: Bharatiya Kisan Sangh to hit street -Nisha Poddar
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitely may have made conciliatory trips to Kolkata and Chennai to shore up support for the Ordinances to be tabled in Parliament in the budget session, but it has left the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), the farmers' wing of the Sangh Parivar, unimpressed. The outfit has decided to take its agitation against the proposed amendments (cleared as an Ordinance by the Union Cabinet last...
More »Pranab frowns on Ordinance route
-The Hindu Allow Parliament to function smoothly, President tells ruling party and Opposition New Delhi: In an apparent expression of displeasure over the spate of Ordinances recently issued by the Narendra Modi government, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday asked the ruling as well as opposition parties to find out a "workable" solution to ensure the smooth running of Parliament. "The Ordinance route cannot be taken, should not be taken, for normal legislation," Mukherjee...
More »Land Ordinance is prospective, owners can take benefit of delays: Supreme Court -Raghav Ohri
-The Economic Times CHANDIGARH: The Supreme Court has said that the recent Ordinance on land acquisition is prospective in nature, holding that delays owing to litigation are to be counted to the benefit of landowners and going against state governments owing to the absence of specific language to this effect. The court also said the benefit given to landowners is a "statutory right" and "cannot be taken away by an Ordinance by...
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