SC to hear challenge to T.N. Land Acquisition Laws Act on February 16
The Supreme Court on Monday fastened February 16 for listening to agriculturists difficult the legality of the Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws (Revival of Operation, Amendment and Validation) Act, 2019.
Meanwhile, a Bench, led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, mentioned not one of the petitioners ought to be “dispossessed of the land until further orders”.
The keep got here on the power of the arguments made by senior advocate P. Wilson, for the agriculturists, that they have been farmers rising paddy on these lands.
The court docket made it clear that the case wouldn’t be adjourned on February 16 on any rely.
The events concerned have been requested to file their written submissions upfront.
On December 18, the Bench agreed to look at the plea of G. Mohan Rao and others, who’ve contended that the 2019 regulation and its notification ought to be struck down as “unconstitutional, illegal and void”.
Mr. Wilson argued that the 2019 Act was a way to revive the legal guidelines already struck down.
After listening to his submissions, the Bench posted the case for listening to on January 18, together with comparable different petitions pending earlier than the court docket in reference to the State amendments to the 2013 Act.
The petitioners mentioned their agricultural lands have been being acquired in “bits and pieces” for connectivity beneath the Chennai Peripheral Ring Road Project. “Lands which are to be acquired under the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, are highly irrigated lands, and multi-crops are cultivated,” they mentioned.
It mentioned the aim of the 2013 Act to defend agriculturists and landowners from shedding their land, typically owned by way of generations, with no affordable compensation was being defeated.