Upholding 2010 Orissa HC order quashing land acquisition, SC said govt move left 6,000 families landless & rapped its disregard for environmental impact as land abuts wildlife sanctuary.
The SC bench was hearing a batch of 600 petitions related to land acquisition that needed to be adjudicated on the basis of legal principles enumerated in a March order.
States that have brought in their own land acquisition laws or propose to do so will be asked to align them with the 6 March SC verdict on compensation clauses.
Two SC benches gave opposite judgments on Section 24(2) in 2014 & 2018. Now, a 5-judge bench picked to settle matter is being challenged. Hearing begins today.
It is a touchingly funny spectacle, where every senior leader wants to be loved like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but is beginning to speak the language of Modi of 2007, if not 2002.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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