Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 Archives

‘TNPPDL Act doesn’t cover private land’; Madras HC quashes charges in Mahatma Gandhi statue damage incident at school

“The Trial Court, shall not act like a post master that receives the final report from the Police and blindly proceed to frame charges on the premise that the final report would be perfect in all respects.”

Punjab & Haryana HC grants bail in SC/ST Act case; Questions applicability of Act against accused belonging to deprived scheduled caste

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala HC deprecates State’s Evasive Tactics in Land Acquisition; Orders Fair Compensation to landholders, upholding Article 30(1-A)

“In the absence of any specific law enabling the acquisition of property belonging to a minority educational institution, it was not possible for the State to acquire the Venkateswara School’s land.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Lapsed acquisition notice yields compensation entitlement under 2013 Land Acquisition Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court held that since the acquired land had been used for public purposes, compensation under the Act, 2013 should be provided to the petitioners.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

26 years on, ONGC sits on a temporarily acquired land. Such a long temporary acquisition infringes landowner’s right to property, holds SC

The Supreme Court has directed ONGC and State to either comply with the Gujarat High Court's order directing the permanent acquisition of land by ONGC on or before 26.04.2023 or face necessary consequences.

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Compulsory acquisition of private land of citizens without granting any compensation – violates Articles 14 and 300-A of the Constitution

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Pankaj Bhatia, JJ. allowed a writ petition in a matter related