Supreme Court Upholds Property Rights: Delay Cannot Nullify Landowners’ Legitimate Claims
Supreme Court defends private property rights, holding that "bureaucratic delay does not divest" a claimant's valid title to land of constitutional protection.
state paying compensation for land acquisitions is not doing charity, says the Supreme Court
The state does not constitute charity, according to the Supreme Court, when it compensates citizens who are entitled to it when the government purchases their land. The court stressed that a citizen’s right to property under Article 300-A of the Constitution remains unalienable
Rajasthan High Court’s split verdict on the issue of notice of acquisition
A split verdict was delivered by the Supreme Court on the issue of whether the notice must be given to those who possess land while they are in a land acquisition proceeding, under the Rajasthan urban development act, when the names were not