SC to hear two SLPs on Singur together

The Supreme Court today said it would simultaneously hear two special leave petitions (SPL) on the issue of land acquisition in Singur.

The state government had approached the Supreme Court to hear two SLPs at the same time as both were related. The two-judge bench of Justice H L Dattu and Justice Chandramauli Prasad today said the court would hear the arguments together.

In 2006, several public interest litigations were moved in the Calcutta High Court challenging the land acquisition process at Singur for the Tata Nano plant but the high court had rejected all the petitions. Following that, the petitioners had approached the apex court challenging the order of the high court. The case came up for hearing today.

Advocate Avijit Sengupta, counsel of the state government, said the state urged the Supreme Court to hear the case along with the SLP on the Singur Act. The Supreme Court granted the plea of the state government, said Sengupta.

The new government introduced the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act in June last year to take over the possession of the land from Tata Motors. In June, the Calcutta High Court had held that the Singur Act was unconstitutional, hearing the petition filed by Tata Motors. The state government then moved the Supreme Court challenging the verdict. According to today's order, both the cases will be heard together.

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