Tag: land

Explained: Who are the farmers from Punjab, Haryana fighting legal battle for land in Kutch?

Source:-https://indianexpress.com A group of farmers in Kutch, who are originally from Punjab and Haryana and have settled here, are embroiled in a legal battle with the Gujarat government over their agricultural land. The dispute dates back to 2010 when many farmers were told that records of their land were being frozen as they were not

Gulmarg land scam: Judge adjourns hearing for ‘lack of powers’

Source:-https://www.greaterkashmir.com Special judge anti-corruption court on Tuesday adjourned hearing of the infamous Gulmarg land scam case for want of powers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The first additional district and sessions judge, Baramulla, who is also the judge of the special anti-corruption court for the districts of Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora, has adjourned the

Centre can notify any land, acquire it for highway: Supreme Court

Source:-https://indianexpress.com The Centre is “fully competent” to notify “any land (not necessarily an existing road/highway) for acquisition, to construct a highway to be a national highway”, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday while upholding notifications issued under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Act, 1956, for acquisition of land for construction of the eight-lane

Pattoor land scam: VS moves Kerala High Court

Source:- newindianexpress.com KOCHI: VS Achuthanandan, chairman, Administrative Reforms Commission of Kerala, on Wednesday approached the High Court challenging the Thiruvananthapuram Vigilance Court order dismissing his complaint seeking a Vigilance probe into the alleged encroachment into the land of the Kerala Water Authority at Pattoor,in  Thiruvananthapuram. He said the Vigilance Court rejected his complaint on the ground the