SC raps Maya govt on Noida land acquisition: dont want more Nandigrams in other states

The Supreme Court on Monday warned the Mayawati government against invoking the urgency clause for acquisition of prime agricultural land,saying that it would step in if this continued as it did not want more Nandigrams in other states.

The Supreme Court on Monday warned the Mayawati government against invoking the urgency clause for acquisition of prime agricultural land,saying that it would step in if this continued as it did not want more Nandigrams in other states.

This urgency clause is not automatically invoked… We do not want more Nandigrams in all the states, said the vacation bench comprising Justices P Sathasivam and A K Patnaik,in connection to the Mayawati governments attempt to acquire land using the urgency clause for construction of high-cost residential flats.

We will not keep our eyes closed. You take it (agricultural land) from one side and give it to the other. This has to go and if it does not go this court will step in to ensure that. It is development of one section of the society only, the bench said.

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Whose residential use are these flats for? Who is building them? What are the prices? We want to go into details of the case, said the bench.

The bench said it would not like a situation similar to Nandigram in West Bengal where such steps to acquire land by invoking the urgency clause,under which farmers cannot raise objections,led to largescale protests and violence.

The hard-hitting observations were made by the bench during the hearing on petitions filed by the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority and real estate developers and builders challenging the recent Allahabad High Court order cancelling the notification for land acquisition in Greater Noida.

The bench was informed that the High Court had quashed the notification based on the contention that the agricultural land was initially acquired for industrial purposes,but was later transferred to builders for residential use.

The next hearing will be held on July 5.

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SC raps Maya govt on Noida land acquisition: dont want more Nandigrams in other states

The Supreme Court on Monday warned the Mayawati government against invoking the urgency clause for acquisition of prime agricultural land,saying that it would step in if this continued as it did not want more Nandigrams in other states.

SC raps Maya govt on Noida land acquisition: dont want more Nandigrams in other states

The Supreme Court on Monday warned the Mayawati government against invoking the urgency clause for acquisition of prime agricultural land,saying that it would step in if this continued as it did not want more Nandigrams in other states.