This is a unique situation. For governments, development authorities, lenders and borrowers alike. On Wednesday, a Supreme Court (SC) Bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi upheld a verdict of the Allahabad High Court that quashed acquisition of 176 hectares of land from farmers in Greater Noida stating that the authorities were “sub-serving” private builders in the name of public interest. Land purchased from the government was always considered ‘clean’. This verdict,...
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“Review plea in Salwa Judum case will be against constitutional norms” by Vidya Subrahmaniam
With Chhattisgarh and the Centre almost decided on filing review petitions against the Supreme Court judgment on the Salwa Judum, it has been left to the petitioners in the case to underscore the historic and constitutional significance of the verdict and to point out to the two governments that any review petition would necessarily strike at the core human values enshrined in the Constitution. In a blow to both the Central...
More »100% mining royalty for the displaced in the draft Mining Bill, feels Pranab Mukherjee led panel
-The Economic Times A group of ministers formed to approve the draft mining Bill, has agreed to earmark 100% of the royalty paid by major mineral mining companies , to compensate people displaced by such projects. The panel, chaired by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee , which met on Thursday , also agreed to earmark 26% of the profit made by coal mining companies, in favour of people directly affected ,...
More »High Court stays another land acquisition by Pragya Kaushika
A day after the Supreme Court upheld the Allahabad High Court order quashing state acquisition of farm land in Shahberi, farmers of other villages that make Noida Extension announced they too would move court against acquisition of their land by the government. This is likely to put a spanner in the works of major building projects already underway in the area. At a panchayat in Bisrakh village on Thursday, residents of...
More »Orissa to renew MoU with Posco India by July end
-The Business Standard Even as the process of renewal of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Posco India has been hit by delay presumably due to the contentious issue of iron ore swapping, the Orissa government has maintained that the pact would be renewed by the end of this month. “The process of renewal of MoU with Posco India is on. The pact will definitely be renewed by the end of July....
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