In an embarrassment for the GHMC, the office and furniture of the civic body’s special deputy collector for land acquisition were attached on Tuesday for its failure to pay compensation for land acqui

Just a day before taking oath as the 21st Chief Minister of the state, Mr Jagadish Shettar faced allegation of ‘ordering’ a special land acquisition officer to denotify 178 acres of land which was und

Work on the underground section of Namma Metro’s Phase-1 has hit a hurdle with litigation over land acquisition. Work on some of the crucial stretches has been affected and this could delay the launch

Farmers, whose tracts have been acquired by the government for the Emaar, Financial District and other projects, seem to have a remote possibility of getting them back. Except for a decision by the st

The farmers’ anger over land acquisition is legitimate. As Oliver Goldsmith says in his poem ‘The Deserted Village’: “Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men dec

Referring to the proposed nuclear power plant at Kovvada in Srikakulam district, Dr S.K. Jain, chairman and managing director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, said land acquisition would sta

Courts cannot pass general directions to states and Union Territories, however well-intended they may be, particularly when it involves huge financial expenditure and inconvenience to the governmen

The Delhi High Court has slammed the Delhi government for failing to respond to a plea by 172 farmers over takeover of their land using the urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act.

A division benc

In a ray of hope for 20,000 aspirants for flats in Noida Extension, Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority on Saturday struck a deal with farmers of Patwari village under which the peasants wi

Injecting a new dimension to the debate on land acquisition, women and child development minister Krishna Tirath on Monday said such steps are causing displacement and loss of occupation for tribal women, exposing them to "exploitation and trafficking".