Odisha govt. to return land acquired for Vedanta University project to original owners
4 months, 1 week ago

Odisha govt. to return land acquired for Vedanta University project to original owners

Deccan Chronicle  

Approximately 3,342.53 acres of private land had been acquired and allocated to the Anil Agarwal Foundation to establish the university. However, following a recent Supreme Court decision that upheld the Orissa High Court's ruling to return these lands, the government is now initiating the process of identifying displaced landowners and returning their property. Additionally, the government will restore any acquired government land to its original revenue records, minister Pujari confirmed during a press conference. In 2023, the High Court denounced the land acquisition process and ordered the return of the private lands. With this latest Supreme Court ruling, the Odisha government is taking steps to comply and restore ownership of the land to its original owners.

Supreme Court Court Owners Return Land Acquired Original Owners University Project  private  court  odisha  university  project  process  lands  high  land  acquired  owners  return  vedanta  records  supreme  govt  original

History of this topic

Odisha to return land acquired for Vedanta University to landowners: Minister
4 months, 1 week ago

Odisha to return land acquired for Vedanta University to landowners: Minister

Hindustan Times  

The Odisha government on Wednesday announced that nearly 3,500 acres private land acquired for the proposed university of Vedanta Limited in Puri district would be returned to their respective owners. Odisha revenue and disaster management minister Suresh Pujari Last year, a two-judge bench of Supreme Court had upheld the 2010 order of the Orissa high court, which ruled that acquisition …

Odisha government to return land acquired for Vedanta University to rightful owners
4 months, 1 week ago

Odisha government to return land acquired for Vedanta University to rightful owners

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: In a significant development, the Odisha government on Wednesday said an administrative process has been initiated for the return of land acquired in Puri district for the establishment of an international university by Vedanta Foundation to its rightful owners. This will be followed by a government notification with the necessary instruction to the Puri district administration to initiate the …

Odisha moves to strictly weigh land requirement before acquisition
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha moves to strictly weigh land requirement before acquisition

The Hindu  

The Odisha government is all set to strictly weigh requirement of land for different projects before giving administrative approval for their acquisition. After observing that the quantum of the land required for different projects were more than the actual requirement, the Revenue and Disaster Management department, which regulates land issues in the State, asked all departmental heads to apply due …

Ahead of polls, Andhra withdraws Amaravati land acquisition notice
1 year ago

Ahead of polls, Andhra withdraws Amaravati land acquisition notice

Hindustan Times  

The Andhra Pradesh government has withdrawn the land acquisition notification for more than 600 acres in at least 21 villages in Amaravati for the construction of the capital city, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The withdrawal of land acquisition in these villages would mean the farmers from whom the land was proposed to be acquired would get …

Return Vendanta Varsity Land to Farmers or...: Prashant Bhushan
1 year, 6 months ago

Return Vendanta Varsity Land to Farmers or...: Prashant Bhushan

Deccan Chronicle  

BHUBANESWAR: Prominent Supreme Court lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan has said he would be prompted to file a contempt of court case against the Odisha government if it did not return land to farmers following the apex court's verdict nullifying land allocation for Vedanta University project in Puri district. Bhushan was addressing a farmers' gathering at Beladala village in Puri …

BJD and BJP in Heated Faceoff Over SC Quashing Vedanta University Land Acquisition in Odisha
1 year, 11 months ago

BJD and BJP in Heated Faceoff Over SC Quashing Vedanta University Land Acquisition in Odisha

News 18  

A political firestorm ignites between BJD and BJP over the Supreme Court’s verdict on the proposed Vedanta University in Puri. BJP National Spokesperson Samvit Bhare stated, “The state government’s violation of the law in the land acquisition process for Vedanta University has been proven by the Supreme Court verdict. The government illegally gave two rivers to Anil Agarwal’s company Vedant, …

Land acquisition for varsity illegal, says SC
1 year, 11 months ago

Land acquisition for varsity illegal, says SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the setting aside of the acquisition of nearly 7,000 acres of land by the Odisha government to make way for a university by the Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta group, finding the action of the state government to be vitiated by favouritism in providing “undue largesse” to a private company by bending all rules and violating …

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Land Laws
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Land Laws

Live Law  

Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 - Section 9 - It cannot be said to be a mandatory statutory obligation of the Market Committees to provide shop/land/platform on rent/lease. Special Land Acquisition Officer v. N. Savitha, 2022 LiveLaw 316 : 7 SCC 256 Land Acquisition Act, 1894; Section 11A, 17 - The provision contained in Section 11A shall be applicable to …

Vedanta University: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Land Acquisition Dispute
2 years, 6 months ago

Vedanta University: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Land Acquisition Dispute

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on appeals filed by the Orissa government and Anil Aggarwal Foundation against Orissa High Court's 2010 decision of quashing the land acquisition for establishment of Vedanta University. Aggarwal, who plans to establish the university, is Chairman of Vedanta Resources, the mining company The bench of Justices M. R. Shah and Krishna Murari …

Andhra Pradesh government firm on new collectorate site
7 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh government firm on new collectorate site

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Setting aside objections raised by the Opposition parties, the state government is going ahead with its first proposal for the location of the district collectorate at V. Venkatayapalem under Raghunathapalem mandal. As many as 22 farmers, whose nine acres fall in the proposed site, are refusing to give their lands but the government plans to implement Land Acquisition Act-2013. …

Private interests & public resistance
7 years, 7 months ago

Private interests & public resistance

The Hindu  

THE economic reforms that started in India in the 1990s have created a growing demand for land in anticipation of gains through land transactions. Land acquisition by the state and its redistribution in favour of private capital with the ostensible objective of industrialisation, resource extraction and material development, which has been characterised by scholars as “accumulation by dispossession”, triggered protests …

Venkaiah Naidu hits back on Rahul Gandhi over land policy
9 years, 6 months ago

Venkaiah Naidu hits back on Rahul Gandhi over land policy

India TV News  

New Delhi: Hitting out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over the land acquisition policy, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said lakhs of acres of land were acquired during UPA regime without four-time compensation or any social impact study. Naidu also said Congress vice president's certificate is not required for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity as "it is …

Barring Odisha and Punjab, no state acquired land under UPA law - India TV News
9 years, 9 months ago

Barring Odisha and Punjab, no state acquired land under UPA law - India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Except for Odisha and Punjab, no state has acquired land under the land acquisition Act of 2013, according to data furnished by 20 states to the Joint Committee of Parliament examining contentious amendments to the law. The states were asked by the panel to furnish the details of land acquired after the 2013 law came into force following …

Odisha: Land acquisition for Posco resumes
12 years ago

Odisha: Land acquisition for Posco resumes

Hindustan Times  

The administration in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday resumed land acquisition for Korean steel maker Posco's $12 billion plant amidst shimmering tension following the death of three anti-Posco activists due to a crude bomb explosion on Saturday. The land acquisition process in neighbouring Gobindpur village, the proposed site for the 12 million tonne per annum green field project, wrapped up …

Naveen government has misused Land Acquisition Act, says CAG
12 years, 11 months ago

Naveen government has misused Land Acquisition Act, says CAG

The Hindu  

The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has found that the Naveen Patnaik government has ‘misused' the Land Acquisition Act for acquiring land for several big industrial projects, including the proposed mega steel plant by South Korean steel major Posco. “Emergency Provisions of Section 17 were misused and applied arbitrarily even without indicating detailed justification for the same and without fulfilment …

Vedanta varsity: status quo on land acquisition
14 years, 1 month ago

Vedanta varsity: status quo on land acquisition

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Orissa government to maintain status quo on acquisition of about 6,000 acres of land for the proposed Vedanta University in Puri city. Dattu, admitting a batch of appeals from the Anil Agarwal Foundation, the State government and others, said status quo on the nature, character and possession of land should be maintained. The …

Discover Related