The Orissa High Court on Tuesday quashed the process of land acquisition for Vedanta University in Puri and directed the government to return the acquired land to its owners, a lawyer said. The division bench of Chief Justice V Gopal Gouda and Justice B P Das delivered their verdict in response to eight petitions, said [ Read More ]
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Lok Sabha speaker pitches for land to tillersLok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday said that the ‘revolutionary’ target of land to the tillers should be pursued honestly to sustain the interests of farm labourers and increase the agricultural productivity of India. ‘Agricultural labourer is the real farmer. With their hard work, we are able to grow crops but they do not have [ Read More ] L&T gets notice in NHAI land acquisition caseHow can land acquisition be carried out in a manner that denies the original owner the right of way to his remaining land? The question was raised by the Gujarat High Court, which has served notice on Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) in connection with a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) project. Chief Justice [ Read More ] VHP not ready to give away any part of Ayodhya landRejecting the Ayodhya verdict of the Allahabad High Court, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Wednesday demanded not only the disputed 90 ft x 120 ft plot where the Babri Masjid once stood, but also the over 67 acres of land nearby acquired by the central government. ‘We are not ready to part with any bit [ Read More ] No land deal final until registered, rules apex courtThe Supreme Court has held that no land transaction would attain finality unless it was duly registered and no sale deed of land would get a back-dated finality by its registration subsequently. The court said that a transaction in land would only be complete on the date of the registration of the sale deed. In [ Read More ] Ayodhya verdict: Okay to Ram temple, land to Muslims tooA 125-year-old Hindu-Muslim dispute that repeatedly frayed Indias secular fabric was sought to be settled Thursday with a court ruling that the place where the Babri mosque in Ayodhya stood before it was razed by Hindu mobs in 1992 was indeed the birthplace of Ram revered by millions. A three-judge bench, comprising a Muslim and [ Read More ] Disputed Ayodhya land will be shared by threeTwo of the three judges of the Allahabad High Court Thursday held that the disputed land in Ayodhya would be divided into three parts – one for the Hindus, one for the Muslims and one for the Nirmohi Akhara, said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and lawyer Ravi Shankar Prasad.Prasad, who represented one of the [ Read More ] |
