FORCEFUL LAND ACQUISITIONS: Supreme Court quashes land acquisition for jail in U.P.!

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PTI / The Hindu / NEW DELHI, August 4, 2011.

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“The Mayawati Government had erred in acquiring the land by denying the land owners their right to raise objection”

In a fresh jolt to the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the State's move to acquire private land by invoking the “emergency clause” in Jyotiba Phule Nagar for construction of a district jail.

A Bench of Justice G. S. Singhvi and Justice H. L. Dattu said the State had seriously erred in acquiring the land by denying the land owners their valuable right to raise objections and being heard to express their grievances.

The Court had recently quashed the State Government's acquisition of vast tracts of land in Noida, a decision which had hit hard major real estate developers and thousands of house owners who had invested in these projects.

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FORCEFUL LAND ACQUISITIONS: HC quashes acquisition of 600 hectares of land in Gr Noida!

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• July 19, 2011 
• PTI 
• Allahabad / DC.

In yet another setback to Mayawati government, the Allahabad High Court today quashed acquisition of nearly 600 hectares of land in two villages in Greater Noida.

Acting on a batch of petitions by farmers, a division bench comprising Justice Sunil Ambawani and Justice S.S. Tiwari set aside the acquisition of 589.13 hectares of land in Patwari and Dewla villages, falling under Dadri tehsil of Gautambuddh Nagar district.

The land was acquired by the state government through notifications in March 2008 and May 2008 for building residential complexes in Greater Noida area neighbouring Delhi.

The order came barely a fortnight after the Supreme Court had struck down acquisition of 156 hectares of land by the state government in village Shahberi in the area, saying the authorities were 'subserving' private builders in the name of public interest.

The apex court had on July 6 upheld the Allahabad High Court order which had quashed the land acquisition by the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority under the urgency clause of the Land Acquisition Act and directed that the property be returned to the farmers.

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Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Saurav Ganguly!

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In a setback to former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly, the Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the land allotment to him by the West Bengal Government in 2000.

Quashing the allotment of 63.04 ‘katha’ land in the posh Salt Lake city, a bench headed by Justice A.K. Ganguly directed the cricketer to surrender the land within two weeks.

The court passed the order on a petition filed by a West Bengal-based NGO, Humanity and others, challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order which had upheld the state government’s decision of allotting the land to Ganguly.

It beats me, why celebrities who could afford to pay market price to acquire prime lands indulge in such nefarious dealings?

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