Land Acquisition Bill
Land compensation must reflect equity, justice and fairness: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the compensation for land acquisition cannot be assessed in a mechanical manner but must be guided by considerations of equality, equity and justice. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said a fundamental principle in land acquisition jurisprudence was that lands with similar locational and developmental potential must be compensated equitably unless clear, objective distinctions justify otherwise. The bench said it must caution against an "excessively positivist" approach in matters of land acquisition. "It is well understood that the very exercise of assessing compensation is antithetical to rigid formalism. Compensation cannot be assessed in a mechanical or formulaic manner but must be guided by considerations of equality, equity, and justice," it said. The apex court's verdict came on a batch of cross-appeals filed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation and several landowners challenging the ...
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Addressing the land question: Focus on equity
Indian elites consider it their divine right to have first claim over our Commons - and the Indian state, a petty landlord obsessed with revenue crumbs, actively collaborates
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Agnipath: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Nike model' just doesn't do it
From land acquisition to GST to Agnipath, the Prime Minister seems to put outcome ahead of the process
Land acquisition Bill & farm laws: Divergent ends of Centre's two reforms
States may adopt different tactics on farm laws as they did for land acquisition Bill
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Other occasions when Centre pulled back on farm issues due to public ire
The proposal to put on hold the three farm acts for a year or thereabouts is just the latest in a string of pull-backs by the govt during the past six years or so. Read on
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How to bring down the price of land
The first thing that comes to mind is that there is a need to amend the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and other such laws
Land Acquisition Bill: Activists to meet President for the withdrawal of Land Bill
A group of activists on Monday announced they would be start a pan-India movement against forced land acquisition
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Govt pitches for some understanding on pending land Bill
The Land Acquisition Bill has been stuck due to sharp differences among political parties
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