Articles for Fair Compensation

Guest Col | Targeted reforms can transform land acquisition process
4 days, 6 hours ago

Guest Col | Targeted reforms can transform land acquisition process

Hindustan Times  

Land acquisition, a cornerstone of economic development, remains a contentious and inadequately addressed issue in Punjab. : 949–995) Current process benefits a select few In Punjab, the land acquisition process often skews toward extractive practices, benefiting a select few at the expense of broader community welfare. Multifaceted approach need of the hour According to a report by PANJ Foundation, Punjab’s …

Development Compensation Land Acquisition Land Economic Disputes Acquisition
I&B Minister cautions Big Tech: Curb fake news or face revision of 'safe harbour'
1 month, 1 week ago

I&B Minister cautions Big Tech: Curb fake news or face revision of 'safe harbour'

India Today  

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday spotlighted four critical challenges facing news media, calling for greater accountability and fairness from Big Tech. Speaking at an event organised by the Press Council of India in Delhi to mark National Press Day, the Union Minister listed fake news, algorithmic bias, artificial intelligence, and fair compensation as the top …

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Video game performers protest unregulated AI use at Warner Bros. Studios
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Video game performers protest unregulated AI use at Warner Bros. Studios

The Hindu  

More than 300 video game performers and Hollywood actors picketed in front of the Warner Bros. Studios building on Thursday to protest against what they call an unwillingness from top gaming companies to protect union voice actors and motion capture workers equally against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence. The unregulated use of AI, the union says, poses “an equal …

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Video game performers protest unregulated AI use at Warner Bros. Studios
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Video game performers protest unregulated AI use at Warner Bros. Studios

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — More than 300 video game performers and Hollywood actors picketed in front of the Warner Bros. Studios building on Thursday to protest against what they call an unwillingness from top gaming companies to protect union voice actors and motion capture workers equally against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence. The unregulated use of AI, the union says, …

Games Video Game Union Cooling Ai Performers
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [May 11 to 20]
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [May 11 to 20]

Live Law  

Citations 2024 LiveLaw 361 to 2024 LiveLaw 390 Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; Section 34 & 37 – Interference in arbitral award has limited scope under Section 34 and 37 – As far as the construction of the terms of a contract is concerned, it is for the Arbitral Tribunal …

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Right To Property | 7 Sub-Rights Which State Must Protect During Land Acquisition : Supreme Court Explains
7 months, 1 week ago

Right To Property | 7 Sub-Rights Which State Must Protect During Land Acquisition : Supreme Court Explains

Live Law  

In a pivotal judgment, the Supreme Court, while setting aside acquisition of land acquired by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, highlighted seven sub rights of Article 300A of the Indian Constitution. These sub-rights, as traced in the judgment, are: The Right To Notice: duty of the State to inform the person that it intends to acquire his property The …

Property Land Acquisition Land Acquisition Right Act Article
Asees Kaur: Ecosystem where artistes have greater control and fair compensation is essential
10 months ago

Asees Kaur: Ecosystem where artistes have greater control and fair compensation is essential

Hindustan Times  

Singer-couple Asees Kaur and Goldie Sohel recently released their single Khayaal. Asees Kaur released her new single titled "Khayaal" with singer-husband Goldie Sohel. The two reiterate that translating their real life romance on screen was challenging, their “shared passion for music helped bridge that gap.” Kaur, known for hits like Raataan Lambiyan, Ve Kamleya, Nain Ta Heere, Hasina Pagal Deewani, …

Music Couple Kaur Fair Compensation Sohel Asees Goldie Sohel
Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statutte Wise Index [August 7 – 13, 2023]
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statutte Wise Index [August 7 – 13, 2023]

Live Law  

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw 609 To 2023 LiveLaw 638 SUBJECT WISE INDEX Abkari Act Person receiving information of crime or detecting the occurrence can investigate it. V. Senthil Balaji v. State, 2023 LiveLaw 611 : 2023 INSC 677 ESI Electronics shop repairing & servicing electrical goods is a “factory” under ESI act. V. Senthil Balaji v. State, 2023 LiveLaw 611 : …

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Supreme Court Quarterly Digest On Land Laws [January to March 2023]
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest On Land Laws [January to March 2023]

Live Law  

Land Laws Coal Bearing Areas Act, 1957; Section 2, 11 - The State Government being the original owner can be said to be deemed lessor - The State Government can be said to be the ‘person interested’ in getting the compensation. Manubhai Sendhabhai Bharwad v. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd; 2023 LiveLaw 55 : AIR 2023 SC 992 Delhi …

India Delhi Supreme Court Compensation Court Uttar Pradesh Land Acquisition
Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest Part-10
1 year, 10 months ago

Complete Supreme Court Yearly Digest Part-10

Live Law  

R Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case - Supreme Court orders premature release of all 6 convicts. Union Bank of India v. Rajasthan Real Estate Regulatory Authority, 2022 LiveLaw 171 Real Estate Act, 2016 - Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 - RERA authority has the jurisdiction to entertain a complaint …

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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Land Laws
1 year, 11 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 …

Karnataka Tamil Nadu Delhi Supreme Court High Court Constitution Compensation
Rahul seeks fair compensation for families of Covid victims
2 years, 2 months ago

Rahul seeks fair compensation for families of Covid victims

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called for fair compensation for families of COVID-19 victims and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "why are you denying them their right". Gandhi on Friday interacted with family members of some coronavirus patients who died due to oxygen shortage, at Gundlupet in Karnataka during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Sharing a video from …

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Tough path ahead for Peripheral Ring Road project in Bengaluru
2 years, 4 months ago

Tough path ahead for Peripheral Ring Road project in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

The floating of a global tender for the Peripheral Ring Road project by the Bangalore Development Authority has made Ponnappa B.C., a retired government employee, very anxious. After causing all kinds of hardships, now after a gap of 17 to 18 years, the BDA wants to take up the project again but at what cost?” Some of the farmers who …

Bengaluru Compensation Farmers Land Acquisition Land Acquisition Projects
Purchaser Has No Right To Claim Lapsing Of Land Acquisition Proceedings Under Sec 24 RFCTLARR Act : Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Purchaser Has No Right To Claim Lapsing Of Land Acquisition Proceedings Under Sec 24 RFCTLARR Act : Supreme Court

Live Law  

"The purchaser has no right to claim lapsing of acquisition proceedings in view of the recent larger Bench judgment of this Court reported as Shiv Kumar & Anr. A Bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian allowed appeal filed by Delhi Development Authority assailing the order of the Delhi High Court which had allowed writ petition seeking declaration that …

Government Delhi Supreme Court High Court Writ Petition Compensation Land Acquisition
Right to Fair Compensation Act | 'Land' Includes Things Attached, Benefits Arising Out Of It: Bombay High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Right to Fair Compensation Act | 'Land' Includes Things Attached, Benefits Arising Out Of It: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday dealt with a petition seeking directions to pay proper compensation in terms of the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Gangapurwala and Vinay Joshi noted that under the Act, 'land' includes everything that grows on it. It said, "the term 'land' defined under …

Bombay High Court Land Act Fair Compensation
Order 41 Rule 27 CPC - True Test Is Whether Appellate Court Can Pronounce Judgment Without Considering Additional Evidence Sought To Be Adduced: Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Order 41 Rule 27 CPC - True Test Is Whether Appellate Court Can Pronounce Judgment Without Considering Additional Evidence Sought To Be Adduced: Supreme Court

Live Law  

In a judgment delivered on Thursday, the Supreme Court explained Order 41 Rule 27 of the Code of Civil Procedure which enables an appellate court to take additional evidence in exceptional circumstances.The court observed that an application seeking to adduce additional evidence can be allowed where the additional evidence sought to be adduced removes the cloud of doubt. "Admissibility of …

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K-Rail SilverLine Project : Kerala High Court Asks State To Explain How It Prepared Detailed Project Report Without Physical Survey
2 years, 11 months ago

K-Rail SilverLine Project : Kerala High Court Asks State To Explain How It Prepared Detailed Project Report Without Physical Survey

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State government to explain its actions taken in furtherance of its K-Rail Silver Line project and to justify the manner in which the survey is conducted by its instrumentalities. Upon being informed that a survey was being conducted before a Detailed Project Report was drafted, Justice Devan Ramachandran found it imperative for …

Kerala Court Land Kerala High Court Silver Survey Project
Bill to Fast-track Land Acquisition Passed, Amid Opposition Walkout from Haryana Assembly
3 years, 3 months ago

Bill to Fast-track Land Acquisition Passed, Amid Opposition Walkout from Haryana Assembly

News 18  

The Haryana Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to fast-track land acquisition, even as opposition Congress demanded it be either withdrawn or referred to the House’s select committee as many of its provisions are “anti-farmer”. “Some provisions of the bill, including those related to land acquisition for infrastructure projects under public private partnership as well as doing away with social …

Assembly Congress Land Acquisition Opposition Haryana Land Acquisition
Some Clarity Needed on Larger Bench Verdict, Says SC on Land Acquisition Matter
4 years, 2 months ago

Some Clarity Needed on Larger Bench Verdict, Says SC on Land Acquisition Matter

News 18  

The Supreme Court Monday said some clarity was required on a judgement delivered by its five-judge constitution bench on the issue of land acquisition and payment of fair compensation as it creates some confusion. A five-judge bench of the apex court had on March 6 this year delivered a verdict and held that disputes over land acquisition and payment of …

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